Synonyms for blabbermouth
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Tattletale — A gossip
tell-tale, tale bearer, tattletale, gossip, blab, tale-teller, blabber, tattler, rumor monger US, rumourmonger UK, carrytale, rumourer UK, rumorer US, gossipmonger, busy body, scandal-monger, gossiper, newsmonger, tabby dated
2. Prater — A person who talks excessively
prater, chatterbox, babbler, chatterer, blabberer, jabberer, prattler, magpie
Other
blabmouth informal
Definitions
- n. 1
A gossip.
If it weren't for that blabbermouth Sally, the principal would never have known we did it.
- n. 2
A person who talks excessively.
Forms
- Plural
- blabbermouths → tell tales, tattletales, gossips, blabs…
Example sentences
- blab I blab about the boy all the time.
- chatterbox She talked all evening without a break, what a chatterbox!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| blabbermouth | rising | |
| blab | rising | |
| tattletale | rising | |
| prater | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- blab1
- 5 letters
- tabby2
- 6 letters
- gossip2, magpie2, prater2
- 7 letters
- blabber2, tattler2, babbler2, rumorer
- 8 letters
- gossiper3, rumourer, jabberer, prattler
- 9 letters
- chatterer, carrytale, blabberer, blabmouth
- 10 letters
- chatterbox, tattletale, newsmonger
- 12 letters
- rumourmonger, gossipmonger
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tabby2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- pipelette
- Italiano
- pettegolo
- Deutsch
- Labertasche