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prates

verb , present tense third-person singular of prate

Synonyms and Antonyms of prates

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

the young executive gratingly prated on about his weekend hobnobbing with the rich

Synonyms of prates

babbles, blabs, cackles, chaffers [British], chats, chatters, chins [slang], converses, gabbles, gabs, gases (or gasses), jabbers, jaws, kibitzes (also kibbitzes), natters, palavers, patters, prattles, raps, rattles, runs on, schmoozes (or shmoozes), talks, twitters, visits

Words Related to prates

gossips, tattles

descants, discusses, expatiates

yaks (also yacks), yammers, yaps

Phrases Synonymous with prates

blows smoke, chews the fat (also chews the rag), shoots the breeze, talks a blue streak

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