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Synonyms for jabber

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

non-sense chatter gibberish babble

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Babble

babble, prattle, chatter, gibberish, non-sense, gab, bullshit, palaver, gibbering, drivel, clatter, mumbo-jumbo, piffle, balderdash, gabble, clack, tattle, rubbish, rigmarole, rigamarole US, waffle, bull, prate

Other

clap-trap, flap doodle

Verb

1. Rant

rant, rattle on, spout, rave, mouth off slang, rabbit on slang UK

Other

mumble, stammer, moot, mander

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.

  2. v. 1

    To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.

Related words

Word family
jabberer

Forms

Plural
jabbers → babbles, chatters, gibberishes, gabs…
Past participle
jabbered
e.g. jabbered → ranted, spouted, raved, mumbled…

Choose the right word

Jabber or Chattering?

To jabber is to utter a rapid succession of unintelligible sounds, generally more noisy than chattering.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • chatter She finds comfort in silence rather than chatter.
  • gibberish Kalman started yelling some deep-throated gibberish.
  • babble She didn't pay attention to her husband's babble.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
jabberrising
chatterrising
gibberishrising
babblerising

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

By length

3 letters
gab1
4 letters
bull1, rant1, rave1, moot1
5 letters
spout1, clack1, prate
6 letters
waffle2, mumble2, babble2, drivel2, tattle2, mander2, piffle, gabble
7 letters
rubbish2, chatter2, clatter2, stammer2, prattle2, palaver
8 letters
bullshit2
9 letters
gibberish3, gibbering, rigmarole
10 letters
balderdash3, rigamarole

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (waffle2 = 2 syllables).