Synonyms of drivel

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noun

1

as in nonsense

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

that critic's reviews are nothing but self-important drivel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nonsense
• garbage
• nuts
• rubbish
• blah
• stupidity
• drool
• silliness
• twaddle
• claptrap
• bunk
• muck
• trash
• jazz
• guff
• tosh
• piffle
• boloney
• foolishness
• beans
• blah-blah
• blather
• baloney
• bilge
• buncombe
• balderdash
• blither
• bunkum
• hokum
• craziness
• hogwash
• malarky
• falderal
• poppycock
• malarkey
• tommyrot
• folderol
• crock
• codswallop
• insanity
• hooey
• punk
• blatherskite
• rot
• flapdoodle
• trumpery
• humbuggery
• bull
• fudge
• fiddle
• tarradiddle
• madness
• horsefeathers
• crapola
• bosh
• fiddle-faddle
• fiddlesticks
• folly
• blarney
• absurdity
• applesauce
• nerts
• humbug
• absurdness
• flannel
• idiocy
• taradiddle
• senselessness
• moonshine
• hoodoo
• inanity
• slush
• hokeypokey
• foolery
• imbecility
• tomfoolery
• gas
• kookiness
• asininity
• lunacy
• rigamarole
• greek
• fatuity
• inaneness
• rigmarole
• monkey business
• witlessness
• double-talk
• hot air
• hocus-pocus
• hoity-toity
• monkeyshine(s)
• shenanigan(s)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rationality
• reasonableness
• sense
• common sense
• sensibleness
• horse sense
• judgement
• judgment
• wisdom
• reasonability
• discernment
• levelheadedness

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as in babble

unintelligible or meaningless talk

my roommate talks in her sleep, but it's just drivel

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

drivel

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verb

1

as in to drool

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth

the panting dog driveled on my hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drool
• spit
• dribble
• salivate
• slobber
• water
• slaver
• foam
• froth
• expectorate
• sputter
• splutter

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as in to chatter

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

he driveled on about his "distinguished" family for what seemed like hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatter
• chat
• prattle
• babble
• drool
• shout
• gibber
• sputter
• gabble
• jabber
• blather
• rattle
• mutter
• troll
• blither
• blabber
• stutter
• mumble
• bumble
• shriek
• prate
• patter
• yak
• mouth
• yack
• smatter
• gab
• run on
• bleat
• screech
• stammer
• jaw
• murmur
• chunter
• tittle-tattle
• jangle
• maunder

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• articulate
• pronounce
• enunciate