Synonyms of jawing

jawing 1 of 2

noun

as in yammering

Related Words

• yammering
• prating
• chatter
• jabber
• prattle
• babble
• gabble
• patter
• blab
• gibber
• swagger
• gibberish
• drivel
• vaunt
• egotism
• verbosity
• windiness
• bloviation
• self-importance
• rhetoric
• turgidity
• pomposity
• wind
• self-conceit
• oratory
• rhapsody
• rodomontade
• rant
• braggadocio
• hot air
• bluster
• bombast
• magniloquence
• grandiloquence
• brag
• gasconade
• bull
• gas
• fanfaronade
• cockalorum

jawing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of jaw

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolding
• lecturing
• reprimanding
• criticizing
• blaming
• berating
• upbraiding
• chastising
• admonishing
• ragging
• mocking
• hammering
• lambasting
• attacking
• castigating
• reproaching
• flaying
• dressing down
• calling down
• rebuking
• basting
• scoring
• bawling out
• faulting
• tongue-lashing
• ranting (at)
• reaming (out)
• chiding
• railing (at or against)
• keelhauling
• rating
• chewing out
• laying into
• slamming
• haranguing
• lashing
• knocking
• denouncing
• reading the riot act (to)
• reviling
• blasting
• condemning
• taking to task
• panning
• belittling
• disparaging
• assailing
• excoriating
• crucifying
• remonstrating (with)
• ridiculing
• reproving
• bad-mouthing
• censuring
• abusing
• scoffing
• lacing (into)
• scourging
• scorning
• vituperating
• dissing
• reprehending
• putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• praising
• extolling
• lauding

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• talking
• conversing
• gabbing
• chattering
• nattering
• rattling
• jabbering
• prating
• kibitzing
• schmoozing
• blabbing
• discussing
• babbling
• prattling
• cackling
• gabbling
• gossiping
• chinning
• pattering
• rapping
• visiting
• twittering
• gassing
• palavering
• chaffering
• blowing smoke
• running on
• shooting the breeze
• tattling
• chewing the fat
• yapping
• talking a blue streak
• yakking
• yammering
• expatiating
• descanting

Example Sentences

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