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double-talk

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Synonyms and Antonyms of double-talk

1 language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions

the reporter listened to the senator's double-talk for about 30 seconds, and then repeated the question

Synonyms of double-talk

bafflegab, gibberish, gobbledygook (also gobbledegook), rigmarole (also rigamarole), song and dance

Words Related to double-talk

bureaucratese, computerese, educationese, governmentese, legalese, Pentagonese, psychobabble, technobabble

bombast, fustian, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, hype, oratory, rhetoric, wind

2 unintelligible or meaningless talk

the man on the sidewalk rattled off some double-talk, shoved the petition in my face, and before I realized it, I had added my signature to the list

Synonyms of double-talk

abracadabra, babble, blabber, burble, double Dutch, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, prattle, slobber

Words Related to double-talk

blah (also blah-blah), hocus-pocus, hokeypokey, twaddle

chatter, gab, patter, prate, tattle, twitter

cackle, clack, clatter

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