Synonyms of double-talk

double-talk

noun

ˈdə-bəl-ˌtȯk 

1

as in rhetoric

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 & Similar Words

• rhetoric
• gobbledygook
• gibberish
• rigmarole
• bafflegab
• hype
• song and dance
• legalese
• psychobabble
• bureaucratese
• technobabble
• fustian
• bombast
• gas
• computerese
• grandiloquence
• oratory
• wind
• hot air
• educationese
• Pentagonese
• governmentese

2

as in nonsense

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 & Similar Words

• nonsense
• babble
• prattle
• chatter
• gabble
• gibberish
• jabber
• burble
• mumbo jumbo
• drivel
• gibber
• jabberwocky
• blah
• twaddle
• double Dutch
• abracadabra
• slobber
• gab
• clatter
• blabber
• hocus-pocus
• twitter
• prate
• tattle
• patter
• clack
• hokeypokey
• cackle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of double-talk

Pat Paulsen, a master of dry wit, delivered droll, double-talk editorials on social issues before mounting a presidential campaign in 1968 with the Straight Talkin’ American Government (STAG) Party. — Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023

What new form of narrative, what gory amalgam of truth and spectacle, what double-talking rough beast approaches? — James Parker, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2023

If his pre-prison projects were almost entirely freestyled, these songs are more tightly written, honoring the fallen, indicting the double-talk of the industry, powered by the energy of a bowstring being pulled back for a half-decade. — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023