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Synonyms of chattering
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in chatter, jabbering
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for chattering
chattering
verb
present participle of chatter
Synonyms & Antonyms of chattering (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
- chattered idly while waiting in line
Synonyms for chattering
- babbling,
- blabbing,
- cackling,
- chaffering
- [British],
- chatting,
- chinning
- [slang],
- conversing,
- gabbing,
- gabbling,
- gassing,
- jabbering,
- jawing,
- kibitzing
- (also kibbitzing),
- nattering,
- palavering,
- pattering,
- prating,
- prattling,
- rapping,
- rattling,
- running on,
- schmoozing
- (or shmoozing),
- talking,
- twittering,
- visiting
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Phrases Synonymous with chattering
2
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
- the parrot chatters all day
Synonyms for chattering
Words Related to chattering
- blabbering,
- blathering,
- bleating,
- blithering,
- gabbing,
- jangling,
- jawing,
- pattering,
- prating,
- rattling,
- running on,
- smattering,
- tittle-tattling,
- trolling,
- yakking
- (also yacking)
- chuntering
- [British],
- maundering,
- mouthing,
- mumbling,
- murmuring,
- muttering
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“Chattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chattering. Accessed 28 Oct. 2021.
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