Synonyms of mumble

mumble 1 of 2

noun

as in mutter

speech that is not clear enough to be understood

please answer the question without your usual mumble and try to use complete sentences

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mutter
• muttering
• whisper
• grunting
• grunt
• murmuring
• murmur
• chattering
• rumor
• chatter
• babble
• babbling
• gabble
• prattle
• jabber
• gabbling
• jabbering
• prattling
• rambling
• maundering
• undertone
• blab
• blabbing
• driveling
• drivel

mumble

2 of 2

verb

ˈməm-bəl 

as in to mutter

to speak softly and unclearly

I can't understand you if you mumble

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mutter
• murmur
• whisper
• mouth
• grunt
• chunter
• gibber
• gasp
• babble
• gabble
• chatter
• prattle
• jabber
• blab
• breathe
• ramble
• pant
• drivel
• maunder
• buzz

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• speak out
• speak up
• articulate
• enunciate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mumble

Noun

There’s a way to use vocoder and elicit emotion—see Bon Iver or Rosalía—but MORI’s technique shrinks the warmth of his bari-bass to a barely intelligible mumble. — E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026

The visitors’ locker room inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium was silent, not even a mumble. — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

Verb

The crowd mumbled and shifted as the sinker came slicing downward at impossible speed, arms and legs pinned tight, chin tucked under a matte black helmet. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 18 May 2026

In the video, Peters is seen taking a swig of an unknown substance and then subsequently starting to mumble, sway and close his eyes as the camera panned away. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026