Synonyms for twaddle
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Drivel — empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish
drivel, prattle, balderdash, palaver, non-sense, babble, chatter, blather, stuff, bullshit, rubbish, malarkey informal, tosh, blabber, gossip, rigmarole, rigamarole US, bosh, mumbo-jumbo, baloney, blab, garbage US AU CA, humbug
Other
Verb
1. Piffle
Other
rattle on, twattle dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish.
You're talking a load of twaddle. Get your facts straight, man!
- v. 1
To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.
Related words
- Other spellings
- twoddle
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To twaddle is to talk feeble nonsense.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- babble She didn't pay attention to her husband's babble.
- drivel Such drivel. And to top it off, you believe her?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| twaddle | steady | |
| babble | rising | |
| drivel | rising | |
| balderdash | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- tosh1, bosh1, blab1
- 5 letters
- stuff1, clack1
- 6 letters
- gossip2, babble2, drivel2, humbug2, mander2, piffle, gibber
- 7 letters
- garbage2, rubbish2, chatter2, baloney3, prattle2, palaver, blather2, blabber2, twattle
- 8 letters
- bullshit2, malarkey3
- 9 letters
- rigmarole
- 10 letters
- balderdash3, rigamarole
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gossip2 = 2 syllables).