Synonyms of prattle

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noun

as in babble

unintelligible or meaningless talk

parents often claim to understand the prattle of their infant offspring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• babble
• nonsense
• gabble
• chatter
• jabber
• burble
• gibber
• gibberish
• mumbo jumbo
• blah
• drivel
• jabberwocky
• double-talk
• twaddle
• blabber
• blah-blah
• gab
• clatter
• slobber
• double Dutch
• abracadabra
• prate
• twitter
• tattle
• hocus-pocus
• clack
• patter
• cackle
• hokeypokey

prattle

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verb

1

as in to chat

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chat
• talk
• converse
• chatter
• babble
• prate
• rattle
• gabble
• jabber
• blab
• natter
• patter
• gab
• cackle
• palaver
• discuss
• gossip
• schmooze
• kibitz
• rap
• jaw
• run on
• chin
• blow smoke
• visit
• chew the rag
• shoot the breeze
• chaffer
• gas
• shmooze
• twitter
• kibbitz
• talk a blue streak
• chew the fat
• tattle
• expatiate
• descant
• yap
• yammer
• yak
• yack

2

as in to chatter

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

stop prattling and calmly tell us the news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatter
• chat
• babble
• gabble
• drool
• shout
• jabber
• gibber
• sputter
• rattle
• drivel
• mutter
• blather
• prate
• blabber
• stutter
• mumble
• shriek
• blither
• bumble
• patter
• gab
• troll
• smatter
• screech
• bleat
• murmur
• yack
• yak
• mouth
• stammer
• tittle-tattle
• jaw
• chunter
• jangle
• run on
• maunder

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• articulate
• pronounce
• enunciate

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