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Synonyms for blatherskite

Most common

non-sense bull moon-shine blather bully braggart

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Blather — nonsense or blather; empty talk

blather, non-sense, bull, moon-shine, gossip, blah, bosh, drivel, humbug, malarkey informal UK US IE, piffle, poppycock informal, rubbish UK, rot, clap-trap, bunk, jargon, flap doodle, tripe UK, baloney US AU, hogwash, guff

2. Bully — A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer

bully, braggart, swaggerer, windbag, bloviator

3. Punk — A worthless fellow; a deadbeat

good-for-nothing, punk slang US

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.

  2. n. 2

    A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.

  3. n. 3

    Nonsense or blather; empty talk.

Related words

Other spellings
blatherskate bletherskate bletherskite

Forms

Plural
blatherskites → blathers, bulls, moon-shines, gossips…

Example sentences

  • bull He is not going to die. He is as strong as a bull.
  • blather I hope they're not going to blather on for too long.
  • bully Sami is the only bully I have ever had in my life.
  • braggart If I were you, I wouldn't take Tom seriously. He is a big braggart.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
blatherskitesteady
bullsteady
blatherrising
bullyrising

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

By length

3 letters
rot1
4 letters
bull1, punk1, blah1, bunk1, bosh1, guff1
5 letters
bully2, tripe1
6 letters
gossip2, jargon2, drivel2, humbug2, piffle
7 letters
rubbish2, baloney3, hogwash2, blather2, windbag
8 letters
malarkey3, braggart
9 letters
poppycock3, swaggerer, bloviator

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bully2 = 2 syllables).