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stammer

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stammer

to speak with many pauses and repetitions

He stammers when he's nervous.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of stammer

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

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

screech, shout, shriek

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of stammer

articulate, enunciate, pronounce

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