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| Main Entry: | babble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trivial talk, often incessant |
| Synonyms: | burble, chatter, clamor, drivel, gab, gabble, gibberish, gossip, gushing, jabber, jargon, murmur, prattle, ranting, blubbering, idle talk, jabbering, muttering, tattling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, sense, wisdom |
| Main Entry: | babble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk trivially, often incessantly |
| Synonyms: | blab, blubber, blurt, burble, cackle, chat, chatter, go on, gossip, gush, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, patter, prate, prattle, rant, rave, spill the beans*, squeal*, tattle, yak*, gibber, run off at the mouth, run on, talk foolishly, talk incoherently, talk nonsensically, trivialize, yakkety yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | babble, betray, blather, blurt out, chatter, disclose, divulge, gab, gabble, give away, go on, jabber, let out, let slip, mouth, peach, prattle, reveal, run off at the mouth, run on, shoot the breeze*, spill the beans*, spill*, squeal*, talk through one's hat, tattle, tell, tell on, yak*, yakkety-yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, shut up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | utter suddenly |
| Synonyms: | babble, betray, blab, come out with, disclose, divulge, exclaim, give away, jabber, leak, let on, reveal, spill the beans*, spout, burst out with, call out, cry out, let out, let slip, let the cat ouf of the bag, run off at the mouth |
| Antonyms: | keep quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cackle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | laugh irritatingly |
| Synonyms: | babble, blather, burble, chortle, chuckle, cluck, crow, giggle, gobble, jabber, quack, snicker, gibber, snigger, titter |
| Main Entry: | chat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk, often short |
| Synonyms: | babble, bull session, chatter, conversation, converse, gab*, gas*, gossip, hot air*, jabber*, palaver, prattle*, rap*, tête-à -tête, visit, yak*, heart-to-heart, rap session |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk, gossip |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab*, burble, cackle, chatter, converse, gab*, go on*, jaw*, prate, prattle*, shoot the breeze*, yap*, chew the fat, chew the rag, run on* |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chatter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | constant or rapid talk |
| Synonyms: | babble, blather, chat, chitchat, gas*, gossip, jabber*, palaver, prattle*, twaddle, yakking |
| Antonyms: | drawl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak fast and non-stop |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab*, blather, cackle, chat, chitchat, clack, gab*, gabble, gas*, gossip, jabber, jaw*, palaver, prate, prattle*, tattle, twaddle, yak*, gibber, go on and on, natter, twiddle |
| Antonyms: | drawl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag, exult |
| Synonyms: | babble, blow, bluster, boast, cackle, cry, flourish, gas, gloat, gurgle, mouth, prate, puff, rodomontade, squawk, strut, swagger, triumph, vaunt, whoop, caw, cock-a-doodle-doo, glory in, jubilate |
| Main Entry: | drivel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foolish talk |
| Synonyms: | babble, balderdash*, blather, bunk*, double-talk, gibberish, gobbledygook*, hogwash*, jabber*, nonsense, poppycock*, rot*, rubbish*, tripe*, twaddle*, Greek, hooey, prating |
| Antonyms: | sense |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gibberish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense talk |
| Synonyms: | babble, balderdash*, blather, chatter, claptrap*, double talk, drivel, gobbledygook*, hocus-pocus*, jabber*, jargon, mumbo jumbo*, palaver*, prattle, scat*, twaddle*, yammer*, blah-blah |
| Antonyms: | sense |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gossip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk about others; spread rumors |
| Synonyms: | babble, bad-mouth*, bend one's ear, blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, cut to pieces, cut up*, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw*, prate, prattle, rattle on, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose, spill the beans*, spread*, suggest, talk, talk idly, tattle, tell secrets, tell tales, wiggle-waggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gurgle |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | burble, murmur |
| Synonyms: | babble, bubble, crow, lap, ripple, slosh, splash, wash, plash, purl |
| Main Entry: | jabber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk incessantly and trivially |
| Synonyms: | babble, blather*, chatter, drivel, gab, jaw, mumble, murmur, mutter, prate, ramble, shoot the breeze*, talk, tattle, utter, yak, yap, go on and on, run off at mouth |
| Antonyms: | be silent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | malarky |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, babble, balderdash*, baloney*, bombast, bull*, bunk*, drivel, foolishness, gibberish, hogwash*, hot air*, poppycock*, prattle, rubbish, silliness, trash*, giddiness, jive* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | murmur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low, continuous sound |
| Synonyms: | babble, buzz, drone, grumble, hum, humming, mumble, mutter, purr, rumble, rumor, undertone, whisper, whispering, buzzing, murmuration, muttering, susurration |
| Main Entry: | murmur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make low, continuous sound |
| Synonyms: | babble, burble, buzz, drip, drone, flow, growl, gurgle, hum, meander, moan, mumble, mutter, purr, ripple, rumble, stammer, stutter, tinkle, trickle, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, purl, stage-whisper, susurrate |
| Antonyms: | speak clearly |
| Main Entry: | noise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound that is loud or not harmonious |
| Synonyms: | babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, blare, blast, boom, buzz, cacophony, clamor, clang, clatter, commotion, crash, cry, detonation, din, discord, disquiet, disquietude, eruption, explosion, fanfare, fireworks, fracas*, fuss*, hoo-ha*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, jangle, outcry, pandemonium, peal, racket, ring, roar, row, shot, shouting, squawk, talk, thud, tumult, turbulence, uproar, yelling, yelp, bewailing, boisterousness, caterwauling, drumming, lamentation, sonance, stridency, uproariousness |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nonsense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craziness, ridiculousness |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, babble, balderdash*, baloney*, bombast, bull*, bunk*, claptrap*, drivel, fatuity, flightiness, folly, foolishness, fun, gibberish, hogwash*, hot air*, imprudence, inanity, jazz, jest, joke, madness, mumbo jumbo*, palaver, poppycock*, prattle, pretense, ranting, rashness, rot, rubbish, scrawl, scribble, silliness, soft soap*, stupidity, thoughtlessness, trash*, tripe*, bananas, giddiness, hooey, irrationality, jive*, ludicrousness, senselessness |
| Antonyms: | clarity, common sense, fact, sense, truth, understanding, intelligibility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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