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jaws - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | jaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bones of chin |
| Synonyms: | bone, jowl, mouth, muzzle*, orifice, chops, mandible, maxilla |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk a lot |
| Synonyms: | babble, chat, chatter, gab*, gossip, jabber, lecture, orate, prate, prattle, yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize |
| Synonyms: | abuse, baste, berate, blame, censure, rail, rate, revile, scold, upbraid, vituperate, call on the carpet, tongue-lash* |
| Antonyms: | praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mouth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, beak, box, cavity, clam, crevice, door, entrance, estuary, funnel, gate, harbor, inlet, mush*, orifice, portal, rim, trap*, yap*, chops, delta, embouchement, firth, fly trap, gills, gob, jaws, kisser, lips |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | berate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize hatefully |
| Synonyms: | bawl out*, blister, castigate, censure, chew*, chew out*, chide, jaw*, rake over the coals*, rate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, scorch, tell off, upbraid, vituperate, call down, cuss out, eat out, give one hell, give what for, jump all over, rail at, tongue-lash |
| Antonyms: | compliment, hail, praise |
* = 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: | 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: | chew out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scold |
| Synonyms: | bawl out, carpet*, criticize, dress down, jaw, revile, tell off, vituperate, wig, tongue-lash*, yell at |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area under mouth |
| Synonyms: | button, jaw, point, jawbone, mandible, mentum |
| Main Entry: | confer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, deliberate |
| Synonyms: | advise, argue, bargain, blitz*, brainstorm*, breeze*, collogue, confab, confabulate, consult, converse, deal, debate, discourse, flap*, gab*, get heads together, give meeting, groupthink, huddle, jaw, kick ideas around, negotiate, parley, pick one's brain, powwow*, speak, talk, toss ideas around, treat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discuss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk over with another |
| Synonyms: | argue, canvass, confer, consider, contend, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, descant, dispute, examine, explain, figure, get together, go into, jaw*, moot, review, sift, take up, ventilate, weigh, altercate, bounce off, compare notes, confabulate, consult with, discept, discourse about, dissert, dissertate, exchange views on, groupthink, hash over, hold forth, kick about, knock around, put heads together, reason about, thrash out*, toss around* |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk a lot |
| Synonyms: | blabber*, blather*, buzz*, chatter, gossip, jabber*, jaw*, prate, prattle, yak*, yakkety-yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = 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: | 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: | lash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, baste, bawl out*, belabor, berate, blister, castigate, censure, chew out*, flay, fulminate, jaw, lambaste, lampoon, ridicule, satirize, scold, tell off*, upbraid, exprobate, tear into, tongue-lash* |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insolence |
| Synonyms: | back talk, cheek*, effrontery, guff*, impertinence, jaw*, mouth*, rudeness, sass*, sauce*, sauciness |
| Antonyms: | kindness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | patter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gab, chatter |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab*, clack*, jabber, jaw*, prate, prattle, rattle, spiel*, spout, tattle, yak*, hold forth, yakety-yak |
| Antonyms: | be silent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, bawl out*, berate, blast, castigate, censure, chew out*, complain, fulminate, fume, inveigh, jaw, rant, rate, revile, scold, thunder, upbraid, vituperate, vociferate, whip, objurate, tongue-lash* |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rattle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk aimlessly, endlessly |
| Synonyms: | babble, cackle, chat, chatter, clack, gab, gabble, gush, jabber, jaw, list, prate, prattle, reel off, run on, run through, talk a blue streak, talk someone's ear off, yak |
| Main Entry: | row |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue, fight |
| Synonyms: | bawl out, berate, bicker, brawl, dispute, jaw, quarrel, scold, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle, call on the carpet, ream, tongue-lash* |
| Antonyms: | agree, concur |
* = 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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