Synonyms for blab

38 synonyms
1 meaning

verb
noun

Most common

chatter babble tattle blabber tell tales clep

All synonyms

Verb

1. Prattle

prattle, blabber, babble, chatter, tattle, blather, talk, tell, palaver, twaddle, divulge, reveal, tittle-tattle, sing, betray, utter, prate, disclose, spill, piffle, spill the beans, waffle

Other

tell tales, clep

Noun

gossip, chatterbox, babbler, tell-tale, prater, tattletale, tattler, blabbermouth, gossiper, rumor monger US, rumourmonger UK, magpie, bibble-babble, gossipmonger, bavardage

Definitions

v. 1
To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
n. 1
One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.

Related words

Word family: blabmouth blabber blabbermouth blabby
Phrases: blab out

Forms

Plural: blabs → gossips, chatterboxes, babblers, tell tales…
Past participle: blabbed
e.g. blabbed → prattled, blabbered, babbled, chattered…

Choose the right word

Blab, Blurt or Blurt Out?

Blab and blurt (commonly blurt out) refer to the letting out of what the lips can no longer keep in; blab, of a secret; blurt out, of passionate feeling.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

chatter She finds comfort in silence rather than chatter.
babble She didn't pay attention to her husband's babble.
tattle I've got no respect for finks, snitches, or tattle-tales.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
blab		rising
chatter		rising
babble		rising
tattle		rising
blabber		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: tell¹, talk¹, sing¹, clep
5 letters: utter², spill¹, prate
6 letters: reveal², gossip², betray², waffle², magpie², babble², prater², tattle², piffle
7 letters: chatter², divulge², prattle², blather², palaver, twaddle², blabber², tattler², babbler²
8 letters: disclose², gossiper³
9 letters: bavardage
10 letters: chatterbox, tattletale
12 letters: blabbermouth, rumourmonger, gossipmonger

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (utter² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

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