Synonyms for magpie
Definitions
- n. 1
One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
- n. 2
A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae.
- n. 3
Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
Related words
- Word family
- magpie-lark magpie-robin
Forms
- Plural
- magpies → babblers, chatterboxes, praters, chatterers…
Example sentences
- chatterbox She talked all evening without a break, what a chatterbox!
- maggie Maggie said you can hold your own in darts.
- scavenger Carlos's friends had a scavenger hunt at the party.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| magpie | rising | |
| prater | falling | |
| chatterbox | rising | |
| babbler | rising | |
| chatterer | rising | |
| maggie | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pie1
- 4 letters
- piet2, pica2, blab1
- 5 letters
- miser2
- 6 letters
- maggie2, prater2
- 7 letters
- babbler2, spouter
- 9 letters
- scavenger3, chatterer, haggister
- 10 letters
- chatterbox
- 12 letters
- blabbermouth
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (piet2 = 2 syllables).