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Synonyms for natter

22 synonyms

verb

Most common

chat chatter chit-chat blather

All synonyms

Verb

gossip, chatter, chat, chit-chat, prattle, palaver, blather, twaddle, confab, waffle, visit, chew the fat informal, jaw, prate, claver UK, chaffer, confabulate, ramble, blab, babble, gab, jabber

Definitions

v. 1
To talk casually; to discuss unimportant matters.
What are you guys nattering about? You're clearly not following the meeting!

Forms

Past participle: nattered
e.g. nattered → gossiped, chattered, chatted, chit-chatted…

Example sentences

chat Ziri and Rima continued to chat about their lives.
chatter She finds comfort in silence rather than chatter.
blather I hope they're not going to blather on for too long.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
natter		falling
chat		rising
chatter		rising
blather		rising

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

By length

3 letters: jaw¹, gab¹
4 letters: chat¹, blab¹
5 letters: visit², prate
6 letters: gossip², waffle², ramble², babble², jabber, confab, claver
7 letters: chatter², prattle², palaver, blather², twaddle², chaffer
11 letters: confabulate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (visit² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: papoter
Italiano: cianciare
Español: parlotear
Deutsch: tratschen
Català: parlotejar