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gabble

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of gabble

unintelligible or meaningless talk

  • their discussion about the complexities of international trade was gabble to those of us who didn't study that subject
Synonyms of gabble

abracadabra, babble, blabber, burble, double Dutch, double-talk, drivel, gibber, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, prattle, slobber
Words Related to gabble

blah (also blah-blah), hocus-pocus, hokeypokey, twaddle

chatter, gab, patter, prate, tattle, twitter

cackle, clack, clatter

gabble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of gabble

1 to engage in casual or rambling conversation

  • heard her parents' guests still gabbling in the living room late into the night
Synonyms of gabble

babble, blab, cackle, chaffer [British], chat, chatter, chin [slang], converse, gab, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz (also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rap, rattle, run on, schmooze (or shmooze), talk, twitter, visit
Words Related to gabble

gossip, tattle

descant, discuss, expatiate

yak (also yack), yammer, yap
Phrases Synonymous with gabble

blow smoke, chew the fat (also chew the rag), shoot the breeze, talk a blue streak

2 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
Synonyms of gabble

babble, bumble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gibber, jabber, prattle, sputter
Words Related to gabble

blabber, blather, bleat, blither, gab, jangle, jaw, patter, prate, rattle, run on, smatter, tittle-tattle, troll, yak (also yack)

chunter [British], maunder, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter

stammer, stutter

screech, shout, shriek
Near Antonyms of gabble

articulate, enunciate, pronounce

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