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Synonyms for prattle

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Silly, childish talk; babble.

  2. v. 1

    To speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner; to babble.

Related words

Is a kind of
speak

Forms

Past participle
prattled
e.g. prattled → clacked, tittle-tattled, mandered, rambled…

Example sentences

  • chatter She finds comfort in silence rather than chatter.
  • babble She didn't pay attention to her husband's babble.
  • blab I blab about the boy all the time.
  • twaddle Personally, I think it's a load of twaddle.
  • babbling It sounds like somebody who's just babbling.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
prattlerising
chatterrising
babblerising
blabrising
twaddlesteady

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

By length

3 letters
gab1
4 letters
talk1, chat1, blab1, guff1
5 letters
clack1
6 letters
rabbit2, gossip2, ramble2, babble2, drivel2, jabber, mander2, natter2, yammer, piffle
7 letters
chatter2, blather2, palaver, twaddle2, blabber2, smatter2
8 letters
babbling3
9 letters
gibberish3
10 letters
blathering, balderdash3
12 letters
gobbledygook4, gobbledegook

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rabbit2 = 2 syllables).