babble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BABBLE

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly <in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled>

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

Related Words 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 articulate, enunciate, pronounce

to engage in casual or rambling conversation <the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home>

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

Related Words gossip, tattle; descant, discuss, expatiate; yak (also yack), yammer, yap

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