| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a proclamation |
Synonyms: |
advertise, annunciate, blast, blazon, broadcast, call, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, drum, give out, impart, intimate, issue, make known, make public, pass the word, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publicize, publish, release, report, reveal, run off at mouth, sound off, spread around, state, tell, trumpet |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
Antonyms: |
bottle up, conceal, keep secret, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | babble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk trivially, often incessantly |
Synonyms: |
blab, blubber, blurt, burble, cackle, chat, chatter, gibber, go on, gossip, gush, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, patter, prate, prattle, rant, rave, run off at the mouth, run on, spill the beans, squeal, talk foolishly, talk incoherently, talk nonsensically, tattle, trivialize, yak, yakkety yak |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | blurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | utter suddenly |
Synonyms: |
babble, betray, blab, burst out with, call out, come out with, cry out, disclose, divulge, exclaim, give away, jabber, leak, let on, let out, let slip, let the cat ouf of the bag, reveal, run off at the mouth, spill the beans, spout |
Antonyms: |
keep quiet |
| 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: | rap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk casually; speak abruptly |
Synonyms: |
babble, bark, chat, chatter, chitchat, confabulate, converse, discourse, jabber, palaver, run off at the mouth, spit, talk |
| Main Entry: | shoot the breeze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chat, converse |
Synonyms: |
BS, chatter, chew the fat, gab, palaver, prate, prattle*, run off at the mouth, schmooze, shoot the bull, yack, yap |
| Main Entry: | yap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chatter |
Synonyms: |
babble, blather, chit-chat, gab, gibber, go on, gossip, jabber, jaw, prate, prattle, ramble, run off at the mouth, talk a lot, twaddle |
| Main Entry: | gibber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | babble |
Synonyms: |
blab, blather, blubber, blurt, burble, cackle, chat, chatter, gabble, go on, gossip, gush, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, patter, prate, prattle, rant, rave, run off at the mouth, run on, spill the beans, squeal, tal, talk foolishly, talk incoherently |