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chatterer

noun

Definition of chatterernext
as in magpie
a person who talks constantly that precocious little boy is a real chatterer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatterer
  1. magpie
  2. gossiper
  3. talker
  4. chatterbox
  5. babbler
  6. conversationalist
Noun
  • Other magpies gathered around it, as if saddened and confused.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Carré describes their house style as magpie, which reflects the fact that each design is led by their client’s tastes and preferences.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of magpie
Noun
  • Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Definition of gossiper
Noun
  • The digital talker centers on the NFL season and draft events.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
  • To raise a confident little talker, learn to speak 'parentese'.
    — Navied Mahdavian, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of talker
Noun
  • Gardner-Johnson, the unfiltered chatterbox who frequently livestreams on Twitch, didn’t emerge with insight right away.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Even by politician standards, Giffords was quite the chatterbox.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of chatterbox
Noun
  • Rhinoceros hornbills and Bornean wren-babblers tend to populate the forest canopy above.
    — Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Definition of babbler
Noun
  • Silverblatt was different from one of the other all-time great book conversationalists, Chicago’s Studs Terkel.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • And be a good conversationalist by being curious about others’ lives.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Definition of conversationalist
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“Chatterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatterer. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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