Synonyms of double-talk

double-talk

noun

1

as in bafflegab

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

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

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