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Synonyms of prattling
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Synonyms & Near Synonyms for prattling
prattling
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of prattling (Entry 2 of 2)
- spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular
Synonyms for prattling
- babbling,
- blabbing,
- cackling,
- chaffering
- [British],
- chattering,
- chatting,
- chinning
- [slang],
- conversing,
- gabbing,
- gabbling,
- gassing,
- jabbering,
- jawing,
- kibitzing
- (also kibbitzing),
- nattering,
- palavering,
- pattering,
- prating,
- rapping,
- rattling,
- running on,
- schmoozing
- (or shmoozing),
- talking,
- twittering,
- visiting
Words Related to prattling
Phrases Synonymous with prattling
- stop prattling and calmly tell us the news
Synonyms for prattling
Words Related to prattling
- blabbering,
- blathering,
- bleating,
- blithering,
- gabbing,
- jangling,
- jawing,
- pattering,
- prating,
- rattling,
- running on,
- smattering,
- tittle-tattling,
- trolling,
- yakking
- (also yacking)
- chuntering
- [British],
- maundering,
- mouthing,
- mumbling,
- murmuring,
- muttering
Near Antonyms for prattling
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“Prattling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prattling. Accessed 28 Jun. 2022.
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