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prattle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of prattle

unintelligible or meaningless talk

  • parents often claim to understand the prattle of their infant offspring
Synonyms of prattle

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

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

chatter, gab, patter, prate, tattle, twitter

cackle, clack, clatter

prattle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of prattle

1 to engage in casual or rambling conversation

  • spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular
Synonyms of prattle

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

gossip, tattle

descant, discuss, expatiate

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

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

2 to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

  • stop prattling and calmly tell us the news
Synonyms of prattle

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

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 prattle

articulate, enunciate, pronounce

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