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Synonyms for blather

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

bullshit babble drivel blabber

All synonyms

Noun

1. Babble

babble, prattle, drivel, bullshit, blabber, talk, twaddle, non-sense, ramble, piffle, malarkey informal, blab, balderdash, mumbo-jumbo, chatter, palaver, natter, hokum, gossip, rigmarole, rigamarole US, rubbish, blah

Other

flap doodle, clap-trap

Verb

go on, smatter, rattle on, mander

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Foolish or nonsensical talk.

  2. v. 1

    To talk rapidly without making much sense.

Related words

Word family
blatherer blatherskite
Other spellings
blether

Forms

Plural
blathers → babbles, drivels, blabbers, talks…
Past participle
blathered
e.g. blathered → smattered, mandered…

Example sentences

  • bullshit I know you don't have the money—don't bullshit me!
  • babble She didn't pay attention to her husband's babble.
  • drivel Such drivel. And to top it off, you believe her?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
blatherrising
bullshitrising
babblerising
drivelrising
blabberrising

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

By length

4 letters
talk1, blah1, blab1
5 letters
hokum2
6 letters
gossip2, ramble2, babble2, drivel2, mander2, natter2, piffle
7 letters
rubbish2, chatter2, prattle2, palaver, twaddle2, blabber2, smatter2
8 letters
bullshit2, malarkey3
9 letters
rigmarole
10 letters
balderdash3, rigamarole

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hokum2 = 2 syllables).