GABBLE Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of gabble

as in babble

unintelligible or meaningless talk their discussion about the complexities of international trade was gabble to those of us who didn't study that subject

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verb

ˈga-bəl

as in to chat

to engage in casual or rambling conversation heard her parents' guests still gabbling in the living room late into the night

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as in to chatter

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly during the filming of the party scene the extras were told to just gabble and act like they were having a great time

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Recent Examples of gabble

Verb

Perennially delighted and deeply uncool, Tascioni gabbles about the wonders of the city while her interlocutors roll their eyes at her lack of sophistication and taste. — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gabble

Noun

Companies modelled after Mary Kay that have reprised empowerment babble for their founders’ gain are mentioned but receive scarce judgment.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.

— Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026

Definition of babble

Verb

Stay connected with friends, keep the group chat alive and find something else to look forward to.

— Maria Santana, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Between the initial conversation and the delivery, the AI is always available via text or chat to deal with anything from adding delivery instructions to double-checking order details to even rescheduling a delivery.

— Satish Natarajan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of chat

Noun

The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of prattle

Verb

Never mind that Canales doesn’t speak Spanish himself — the way that Telemundo announcers start talking faster as the action on the pitch intensifies is its own kind of language.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Now’s the time for the Party to think about it—potential pairings have a little time to court one another—and to start talking themselves into the idea that this could be rewarding and even kind of fun.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 16 July 2026

Definition of talk

Verb

But when the disheveled, withdrawn ex-friend shows up in the locker room gibbering about an evil spirit, Sam is mortified, impulsively knocking to the ground the grungy-looking Mason jar that Tamira has been carrying around.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight.

— New York Times, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018

Definition of gibber

Noun

His music often transforms a nonsense line or a passing thought into something profound.

— Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
The show, created by Stephen Hillenburg, made its official debut after that on July 17, 1999, and it's been nautical nonsense from that day on.

— Bianca Harris, USA Today, 15 July 2026

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