Synonyms of drool

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noun

1

as in nuts

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

the only thing more pathetic than the pop psychologist who gushed such drool was the public that lapped it up

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in saliva

the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands

the baby left a puddle of drool on my shirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saliva
• spit
• spittle
• foam
• slobber
• slaver
• froth
• salivation
• sputum
• expectoration

drool

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verb

ˈdrül 

1

as in to spit

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth

the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in to rave

to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm

middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rave
• gush
• fuss
• slobber
• enthuse
• rhapsodize
• effuse
• fawn
• dote (on)
• emote

3

as in to chatter

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

stop drooling, slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pronounce
• articulate
• enunciate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drool

Noun

Bauers can take advantage of the drool-inducing matchup and hit a home run at nifty +364 odds. — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026

Watch for thick ropey drool, bright red gums and tongue, weakness or wobbling, a rapid heart rate and vomiting or diarrhea. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Verb

Toward the end of the film, that kid is grown up and stuck in an incestuous relationship with his mother, while a nearly incapacitated Dau sits drooling nearby. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Beyond the seating area is the hotel shop with a vibrant range of pottery to drool over. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026