I do tend to babble at times.
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Babble
//ˈbæb.(ə)l//
Synonyms for "babble" (249 found)
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Closest matches (50)
Strong matches (75)
chatchatterchatteringchitchatchitter-chattercipherclackclaptrapclattercodecryptogramdisclosedishditherdivulgedotedouble dutchdouble talkdouble-talkdrivel
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droolescape onefalderalfiddle faddlefiddle-faddlefiddledeedeeflummeryfolderolfootlefrothfudgefustiangabgabblegalimatiasgammongarblegasgibbergibble-gabblegift of tonguesgive awayglossolaliago ongobbledygookgreekguffgugglegurglegushhave a demonhaverhocus pocushocus-pocushot airhubbubhumbugidle talkinforminform onjabberwockyjargonjawjumblelapleaklet droplet fall
Related words (124)
let sliplose onemere talkmumbo jumbomurmurmutternarrishkeitnatterneed explanationniaiserienoisenonsensenonsense talknot make sensenot penetratepack of nonsensepalaverpass comprehensionpatterpeach
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perplexpiffleplashpour forthpratepratingprattleprittle prattleprittle-prattlepurlrabbitragerambleramble onrantratrattlerattle onraveravingreel offrepeatrevealreveal a secretriddlerigamarolerigmarolerodomontaderubbishrun amokrun madrun onscramblesecret languagesingskimble-skambleslangslaverslobbersloshsmall talkspeak in tonguesspillspill beansspill the beanssplashspoutspout offsquealstoolstuff and nonsensestultiloquenceswashswishtalktalk awaytalk double dutchtalk nonsensetalk ontalkee talkeetalkee-talkeetattletattle ontelltell ontell secretstell talestinkletittle tattletittle-tattletrashtrilltrumperytwaddletwattletwiddletwiddle-twaddletwittervaporvaporingwafflewafflingwanderwashyakyakkety-yakyammeryap
Verb(13 words)
Noun(3 words)
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36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
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9 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
240 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- θρυλέω verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- θρυλέω verb (to talk much)
- λαλέω verb (to talk much)
- φλυαρέω verb (to talk incoherently)
Asturian
3 entries- bilordiu noun (idle talk)
- afalucar verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- bilordiar verb (to talk much)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çərənləmək verb (to talk much)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бръщолевене noun (inarticulate speech)
- бърборене noun (idle talk)
- ромолене noun (the sound of flowing water)
- ромон noun (the sound of flowing water)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 廢話 /废话 noun (idle talk)
- 閑話 /闲话 noun (idle talk)
Czech
2 entries- brblat verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- žvatlat verb (to utter words indistinctly)
Danish
4 entries- bavl noun (idle talk)
- mumlen noun (inarticulate speech)
- pladder noun (idle talk)
- pludren noun (inarticulate speech)
Dutch
4 entries- brabbelen noun (inarticulate speech)
- murmelen noun (inarticulate speech)
- prietpraat noun (idle talk)
- babbelen verb (to talk much)
Esperanto
1 entries- babiladi verb (to make a continuous murmuring noise)
Finnish
4 entries- höpötys noun (idle talk)
- lörpöttely noun (idle talk)
- pulina noun (idle talk)
- pulina noun (inarticulate speech)
French
4 entries- babil noun (the sound of flowing water)
- babillage noun (idle talk)
- bavardage noun (idle talk)
- charabia noun (inarticulate speech)
Galician
4 entries- barballar verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- barballar verb (to talk incoherently)
- barballar verb (to talk much)
- esbardallar verb (to talk much)
Georgian
4 entries- ბუტბუტი noun (idle talk)
- ბუტბუტი noun (inarticulate speech)
- ენის ტარტარი noun (idle talk)
- ლუღლუღი noun (idle talk)
German
4 entries- Brabbeln noun (inarticulate speech)
- Geplapper noun (idle talk)
- Murmeln noun (inarticulate speech)
- babbeln verb (to talk much)
Greek
1 entries- κελαηδώ verb (to talk much)
Gujarati
1 entries- બબડવું verb (to talk much)
Hindi
1 entries- बकना verb (to utter words indistinctly)
Hungarian
2 entries- csobogás noun (the sound of flowing water)
- csobog verb (to make a continuous murmuring noise)
Icelandic
4 entries- babl noun (idle talk)
- babl noun (inarticulate speech)
- heimskulegt þvaður noun (idle talk)
- heimskulegt þvaður noun (inarticulate speech)
Ingrian
3 entries- bälättää verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- törissä verb (to talk much)
- šolissa verb (to make a continuous murmuring noise)
Irish
1 entries- bí ag cabaireacht verb (to talk much)
Italian
4 entries- balbettio noun (inarticulate speech)
- ciancia noun (idle talk)
- gorgoglio noun (the sound of flowing water)
- blaterare verb (to utter words indistinctly)
Korean
4 entries- 옹알거리다 verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- 옹알거리다 verb (to make a continuous murmuring noise)
- 재잘거리다 verb (to talk much)
- 중얼거리다 verb (to utter words indistinctly)
Latin
2 entries- blaterō verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- blaterō verb (to talk incoherently)
Latvian
4 entries- izpļāpāties verb (to disclose by too free talk)
- murmināt verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- murmināt verb (to make a continuous murmuring noise)
- murmulēt verb (to make a continuous murmuring noise)
Lithuanian
1 entries- babaliuoti verb (to talk incoherently)
Māori
4 entries- hīwawā noun (the sound of flowing water)
- kapekapetau verb (to talk much)
- kapetau verb (to talk much)
- kohe verb (to utter words indistinctly)
Norwegian
3 entries- bable verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- bable verb (to talk much)
- plapre verb (to talk much)
Persian
3 entries- دراییدن noun (idle talk)
- نارسا گویی noun (inarticulate speech)
- یاوه گفتن noun (idle talk)
Polish
4 entries- bełkot noun (idle talk)
- gaworzenie noun (inarticulate speech)
- gwar noun (inarticulate speech)
- paplanie noun (idle talk)
Portuguese
4 entries- balbuciação noun (idle talk)
- balbuciação noun (inarticulate speech)
- murmúrio noun (the sound of flowing water)
- papo noun (idle talk)
Russian
4 entries- болтовня́ noun (idle talk)
- бормота́ние noun (inarticulate speech)
- журча́ние noun (the sound of flowing water)
- ле́пет noun (inarticulate speech)
Sicilian
3 entries- ciarmulijari verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- ciarmulijari verb (to make a continuous murmuring noise)
- smurmurijari verb (to make a continuous murmuring noise)
Slovak
1 entries- brblať verb (to utter words indistinctly)
Spanish
4 entries- balbuceo noun (inarticulate speech)
- charla noun (idle talk)
- gorjeo noun (the sound of flowing water)
- jerigonza noun (inarticulate speech)
Swedish
4 entries- babbel noun (idle talk)
- babbel noun (inarticulate speech)
- pladder noun (idle talk)
- babbla verb (to talk much)
Ukrainian
4 entries- базі́кати verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- базі́кати verb (to talk much)
- буркота́ти verb (to talk incoherently)
- буркоті́ти verb (to talk incoherently)
Vietnamese
4 entries- lao xao noun (the sound of flowing water)
- bi bô verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- bập bẹ verb (to utter words indistinctly)
- lảm nhảm verb (to talk much)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּלוידערײַ noun (idle talk)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
His mystical babble bores me, and I am not going to continue listening to such bullshit. I have more important things to do.
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Man has an instinctive tendency to speak, as we see in the babble of our young children, while no child has an instinctive tendency to bake, brew or write.
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Japanese do not feel it necessary to make babble in a silent moment, which Westerners find discomforting.
Source: tatoeba (10618566)
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