| Main Entry: | drivel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk foolishly |
Synonyms: |
babble, blabber, blather, blethe, gab, gabble, prate, prattle, ramble, twaddle, waffle |
| Main Entry: | drivel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drool |
Synonyms: |
dribble, salivate, slaver, slobber |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
Synonyms: |
absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out |
Antonyms: |
accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store |
| Main Entry: | dribble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trickle |
Synonyms: |
distill, drip, drivel, drizzle, drool, drop, fall in drops, leak, ooze, run, salivate, seep, slaver, slobber, spout, squirt, trill, weep |
Antonyms: |
pour |
| Main Entry: | drool |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | salivate |
Synonyms: |
dribble, drivel, froth, ooze, run, slabber, slaver, slobber, spit, water, water at the mouth |
| Main Entry: | jabber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk incessantly and trivially |
Synonyms: |
babble, blather, chatter, drivel, gab, go on and on, jaw, mumble, murmur, mutter, prate, ramble, run off at mouth, shoot the breeze, talk, tattle, utter, yak, yap |
Antonyms: |
be silent |
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk aimlessly, endlessly |
Synonyms: |
amplify, babble, be diffuse, beat around bush, blather, chatter, depart, descant, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, drivel, dwell on, enlarge, excurse, expatiate, get off the subject, go astray, go off on tangent, go on and on, gossip, harp on, lose the thread, maunder, meander, prose, protract, rant and rave, rattle on, stray, talk nonsense, talk off top of head, talk randomly, wander |
Antonyms: |
be direct |
| Main Entry: | slobber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drool |
Synonyms: |
dribble, drip, drivel, froth, salivate, slabber, slaver, water at the mouth |
| Main Entry: | maunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mumble |
Synonyms: |
babble, drivel, mouth, mutter |
| Notes: | maunder means to talk incoherently or to speak in a rambling manner or to wander aimlessly or confusedly; meander means to wind or turn in a course or to move in a leisurely way |
| Main Entry: | gabble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk a lot |
Synonyms: |
babble, blab, cackle, chatter, chitchat, clatter, drivel, gab, gibber, gossip, jabber, patter, prate, talk, twaddle, yak, yap |