JAWING Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

jawing 1 of 2

noun

as in yammering

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jawing

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verb

present participle of jaw

as in scolding

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings you don't have to jaw me to death just because I bite my nails

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as in chatting

to engage in casual or rambling conversation just a group of girls sitting around the locker room and jawing about the usual stuff

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Recent Examples of jawing

Noun

Another clip showed Brown jawing toward Sirianni and being held back by his teammates. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026 The two players had been going at each other throughout the game, with multiple videos capturing the two jawing at each other. — Matt Schubert, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026 Later came the jawing, with Kelsey Plum, with Natasha Cloud. — Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026 There was some punching, a ton of pushing and shoving and a lot of jawing, too, as the scrum spread across the grass. — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026 There was some pushing and shoving and a lot of jawing, and officials threw six flags as the chaos ensued. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025 Meanwhile, there was an undercurrent of malevolence coming from the Sabres’ Mason Geertsen (6-foot-5, 231 pounds), who got into a couple of jawing matches with 6-foot-7, 255-pound Nikita Zadorov, but nothing came of it. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025 Despite some discouraging downward trends, all the prefatory jawing could go a long way toward siphoning off a fair number of viewers who might otherwise be locked in on the NFL. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025 All of the jawing between the two teams resulted in Jimmy and Jey challenging Reed and Breakker to a tag team match for Wrestlepalooza. — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025

Verb

Towns intervened as Brady was escorted away from Paul, who continued jawing at the future Hall of Fame quarterback. — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 20 July 2026 After he and Nyland were seen jawing back and forth, Neymar buried the attempt, which was ultimately a consolation goal. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026 Paraguay continued the physicality through the end of the match, with the teams even jawing at each other after final whistle. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 4 July 2026 That time, Duran had to be held back by coaches after jawing with the fan. — Greg Dudek, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026 After Hawks center Tony Bradley was called for an offensive foul for setting a hard screen on Alvarado, the veteran McCollum got into it with the scrappy Knicks guard, jawing face-to-face in a moment that underscored the growing chippiness in the series. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 Men’s coaches yelling, jawing, getting in each other’s faces. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026 The tongue-in-cheek beef culminated in a verbal volley at the flag football draft with Gronkowski jawing at Paul while balancing a paper plate stacked with hors d’oeuvres and Paul shouting back over the head of 5-foot-5 comedian Kevin Hart, who somehow found himself in the role of peacemaker. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026 Baker-Mazara dribbled into consecutive 3-point shots, jawing with the UCLA student section while running back on defense. — Aaron Heisen, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jawing

Noun

Unlike the coolly impassive Pop artists, the Who weren’t afraid to get personal, or to let their art echo the anxious, kinky, maladjusted yammering in their own heads.

— Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Thomas, for all his proprietary yammering about his young wards, turns out to have fatally underestimated them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of yammering

Verb

Rather than scolding parents about screens, society could do more to support families in ways that obviate the need for screen time.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
Do not punish your dog by scolding or yelling at them, as this may make your dog's behavior worse out of fear or stress.

— Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 28 July 2026

Definition of scolding

Verb

While chatting with Extra about the new season of their game show Beat Shazam, the actor’s older daughter Corinne, 32, shared her feelings about her dad, 58, and his baby on the way.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Messick even breaks a tacit rule by chatting with reporters on his start days.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of chatting

Noun

That was Gardner’s first game with the Colts after being acquired from the New York Jets, and while Indy pulled out the OT victory, Gardner was still annoyed by some of the social media chatter afterward.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
For all the chatter about the Georgia wide receiver position this month, Kirby Smart notes that success for that group can’t be self-made.

— Connor Riley, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of chatter

Verb

Approaching hesitant individuals Health experts said that addressing vaccine-hesitant people starts with listening rather than lecturing.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Today, young people are increasingly frustrated with the hypocrisy of politicians lecturing them about the virtues of voting while in practice facilitating disengagement.

— David Neil, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of lecturing

Verb

The term first went viral thanks to a resurfaced clip of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Yolanda Hadid talking to her then-teenage, now-supermodel daughter, Gigi Hadid.

— Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 22 Aug. 2026
The victim was conscious, breathing and talking when taken to Community Regional Medical Center.

— Bob Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of talking

Noun

Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025

Definition of jabber

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