Synonyms of twittering

twittering

verb

present participle of twitter

1

as in chatting

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

a local diner where the town gossips like to twitter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• talking
• conversing
• chattering
• gabbing
• nattering
• jabbering
• rattling
• prating
• babbling
• gabbling
• prattling
• pattering
• schmoozing
• cackling
• blabbing
• kibitzing
• rapping
• discussing
• jawing
• gossiping
• visiting
• gassing
• chinning
• palavering
• chaffering
• blowing smoke
• running on
• chewing the fat
• talking a blue streak
• shooting the breeze
• tattling
• yakking
• yammering
• yapping
• expatiating
• descanting

2

as in chirping

to make a short sharp sound like a small bird

his two-way radio twittered as he answered it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chirping
• tweeting
• chirruping
• peeping
• cheeping
• chittering
• piping
• singing
• chattering
• pipping
• jabbering
• trilling
• jargoning
• cackling
• warbling

3

as in laughing

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound

has this grating habit of twittering helplessly whenever she's nervous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laughing
• giggling
• screaming
• chuckling
• smiling
• tittering
• chortling
• cackling
• snickering
• grinning
• roaring
• hee-hawing
• cracking up
• splitting one's sides
• breaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crying
• weeping
• sobbing
• howling
• wailing
• bawling
• whining
• blubbering
• bleating
• whimpering
• squalling
• sighing
• moaning
• yowling
• groaning
• sniffling
• sniveling
• puling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of twittering

To Tommy, Anna and Molly are twittering encumbrances, idiotic in their insistence on good works and the good of man, their endless remorseful hedgings about the Communist Party. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

The sun is shining, the birds are twittering and the weather is balmy. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

Against a palette of softly glitching synth, Zelda flute, and twittering mechanical birds, the song circles feelings of uncertainty about commitment, sacrifice, and choosing one’s true path. — Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025