Synonyms for mutter
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Grumble — to utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly…
grumble, growl, moan, croak, complain, grouch, mander, gnarl, mussitate
2. Mumble — to speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations
Other
Noun
1. Murmuring
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.
- v. 2
To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
- v. 3
To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.
- n. 1
A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
Related words
- Word family
- mutterer
- Is a kind of
- utter communicate
Example sentences
- moan We lament, complain, moan and start crying out in pain.
- growl The growl scared the living daylights out of Igor.
- grumble His grandparents do nothing but grumble all day.
- croak We're basically waiting for someone to croak.
- murmur Have you ever been diagnosed with a heart murmur?
- mumble Don't mumble your words. You are too old for that.
By length
- 4 letters
- moan1
- 5 letters
- mouth1, growl1, croak1, gnarl1
- 6 letters
- rumble2, lament2, mumble2, murmur2, ramble2, putter2, babble2, grouch1, mander2
- 7 letters
- stutter2, grumble2
- 8 letters
- complain2, mumbling3
- 9 letters
- grumbling3, murmuring3, mussitate
- 11 letters
- murmuration, mussitation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rumble2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- marmonner