Synonyms for gabble
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
chatter, palaver, prattle, twaddle, prate, gossip, babble, clack, tittle-tattle, gibber, talk, rattle, rattle on, waffle, jargon, gab, clatter, cackle, tattle, blab, blather, mander
Noun
1. Jabber
jabber, gibberish, gibbering, jabbering, rigmarole, rigamarole US, flummery, galimatias, skimble-skamble
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning.
- n. 1
Confused or unintelligible speech.
Related words
- Word family
- gabbler
Forms
- Past participle
- gabbled
e.g. gabbled → chattered, palavered, prattled, twaddled…
Choose the right word
The cackle of a hen, the gabble of a goose, the chatter of a magpie, the babble of a running stream, as applied to human speech, indicate a rapid succession of what are to the listener meaningless sounds.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- chatter She finds comfort in silence rather than chatter.
- babble She didn't pay attention to her husband's babble.
- twaddle Personally, I think it's a load of twaddle.
By length
- 3 letters
- gab1
- 4 letters
- talk1, blab1
- 5 letters
- clack1, prate
- 6 letters
- gossip2, rattle2, waffle2, jargon2, babble2, cackle2, tattle2, jabber, mander2, gibber
- 7 letters
- chatter2, clatter2, palaver, prattle2, blather2, twaddle2, prating
- 8 letters
- flummery
- 9 letters
- gibberish3, gibbering, jabbering, rigmarole, bavardage
- 10 letters
- rigamarole, galimatias
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gossip2 = 2 syllables).