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| Main Entry: | yak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk |
| Synonyms: | babble, blather, chat, chatter, clack, gab, gossip, jabber, jaw, prate, prattle, tattle, yammer, yap, confabulate, run on |
| Main Entry: | yak/yap |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | talk a lot |
| Synonyms: | babble, blather, chat, chatter, clack, gab, gossip, jabber, jaw*, prate, prattle, tattle, yammer, confabulate, run on* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | 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: | conversation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue, discourse |
| Synonyms: | chat, colloquy, comment, communication, communion, conference, consultation, converse, debate, discussion, exchange, expression, gab*, gossip, hearing, intercourse, observation, palaver, parley, powwow*, questioning, remark, repartee, speech, talk, ventilation, visit, yak*, confab, confabulation, jive*, pillow talk, talkfest, tète-à -tète |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence, quietude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | converse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk |
| Synonyms: | chat, chitchat*, commune, confer, discourse, exchange, gab*, parley, rap*, speak, use, yak*, chew the fat, schmooze |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, be silent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversation |
| Synonyms: | blab*, blather*, chat, chitchat*, gossip, loquacity, palaver*, prattle, small talk*, tête-à -tête, talk, yak*, idle talk, tongue-wagging, yakkety-yak |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = 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: | 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: | say |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make declaration |
| Synonyms: | add, affirm, allege, announce, answer, assert, claim, come out with, communicate, conjecture, convey, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, do, estimate, express, flap*, gab*, guess, imagine, imply, jaw, judge, lip*, maintain, mention, opine, orate, perform, pronounce, rap*, read, recite, rehearse, relate, remark, render, repeat, reply, report, respond, reveal, rumor, speak, spiel*, state, suggest, tell, utter, verbalize, voice, yak*, break silence, give voice, make known, put forth, put into words |
| Antonyms: | ask, question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tattle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip; tell rumor |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab*, chat, chatter, give away, gossip, jabber, leak, noise, prate, prattle*, rumor, snitch, spill, spill the beans*, squeal, talk, yak*, give the show away, have a big mouth, spread rumor, talk idly, tell on, tell tale |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | verbalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak |
| Synonyms: | articulate, blab*, break silence, chat, communicate, converse, enunciate, express, gab*, make known, mouth, mumble, open one's mouth, pronounce, put into words, rap*, say, shout, sound, state, talk, tell, utter, vocalize, voice, whisper, yak*, yammer |
* = 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: | speak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk |
| Synonyms: | allege, articulate, assert, aver, blab*, break silence, chat, chew*, communicate, converse, convey, declare, deliver, descant, discourse, drawl, enunciate, expatiate, express, gab*, gas*, go*, jaw*, lip*, make known, make public, modulate, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, open one's mouth, perorate, pop off*, pronounce, put into words, rap*, say, shout, sound, speak one's piece, spiel*, spill, state, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, yak*, yakkety-yak, yammer |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, listen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce words; inform |
| Synonyms: | articulate, babble, broach, chant, chat, chatter, comment on, communicate, confess, converse, describe, divulge, drawl, drone, express, flap one's tongue, gab, gabble*, give voice to, gossip, influence, intone, notify, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, prate, prattle, pronounce, reveal, rhapsodize, run on*, say, sing*, soliloquize, speak, spill the beans*, spout, squeak*, squeal*, talk one's leg off, tell, tell all, use, utter, ventriloquize, verbalize, voice, yak* |
| Antonyms: | listen |
* = 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: | 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 |
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