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Synonyms for blabber

Most common

chatter blab blather twaddle

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.

  2. n. 1

    A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.

Related words

Word family
blabberer blabbermouthed

Forms

Plural
blabbers → rats, informers, betrayers, tattletales…
Past participle
blabbered
e.g. blabbered → blabbed, prattled, blathered, chattered…

Example sentences

  • chatter She finds comfort in silence rather than chatter.
  • blab I blab about the boy all the time.
  • blather I hope they're not going to blather on for too long.
  • twaddle Personally, I think it's a load of twaddle.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
blabberrising
chatterrising
blabrising
blatherrising
twaddlesteady

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

By length

3 letters
rat1
4 letters
talk1, carp1, fink1, narc1, blab1
5 letters
clack1, prate
6 letters
gossip2, waffle2, snitch1, ramble2, babble2, drivel2, tattle2, jabber, mander2, piffle, gibber, gabble
7 letters
chatter2, prattle2, blather2, palaver, twaddle2, tattler2
8 letters
informer3, betrayer, squealer
9 letters
gibberish3, rigmarole, bavardage
10 letters
tattletale, rigamarole
12 letters
blabbermouth
13 letters
whistleblower4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gossip2 = 2 syllables).