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Synonyms for blurt

Most common

blunder ejaculate jerk babble

All synonyms

Verb

1. Ejaculate

ejaculate, blunder

Other

babble, jerk

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.

    Please think about your reply and don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.

Related words

Word family
blurter
Phrases
blurt out

Forms

Past participle
blurted
e.g. blurted → ejaculated, blundered, babbled, jerked…

Choose the right word

Blurt, Blab 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

  • blunder Don't worry about your blunder: it wasn't serious.
  • ejaculate She allows men to ejaculate inside her.
  • jerk Don't let the misinformation spreading jerk speak.
  • babble She didn't pay attention to her husband's babble.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
blurtrising
blundersteady
ejaculaterising
jerkrising
babblerising

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

By length

4 letters
jerk1
6 letters
babble2
7 letters
blunder2
9 letters
ejaculate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (babble2 = 2 syllables).