Synonyms of babbling

babbling 1 of 2

noun

as in babble

Synonyms & Similar Words

• babble
• drivelling
• prattle
• jabbering
• chattering
• prattling
• gabbling
• gabble
• jabber
• maundering
• rambling
• chatter
• driveling
• blabbing
• whisper
• drivel
• blab
• rumor
• muttering
• murmuring
• mumble
• grunting
• mutter
• undertone
• murmur
• grunt

babbling

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verb

present participle of babble

1

as in drooling

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

in such a rush to tell us the news that she just babbled

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drooling
• chatting
• chattering
• shouting
• drivelling
• jabbering
• muttering
• prattling
• gibbering
• stuttering
• gabbling
• shrieking
• sputtering
• mumbling
• driveling
• screeching
• bumbling
• blabbering
• blathering
• murmuring
• blithering
• prating
• gabbing
• trolling
• yakking
• rattling
• stammering
• mouthing
• yacking
• pattering
• bleating
• jawing
• jangling
• chuntering
• smattering
• maundering
• tittle-tattling
• running on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• articulating
• pronouncing
• enunciating

2

as in chatting

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

the little girls babbled contentedly for the whole ride home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• talking
• conversing
• chattering
• jabbering
• prattling
• rattling
• gabbling
• prating
• blabbing
• gabbing
• nattering
• cackling
• discussing
• schmoozing
• pattering
• twittering
• rapping
• palavering
• kibitzing
• jawing
• gossiping
• visiting
• gassing
• shmoozing
• chaffering
• blowing smoke
• shooting the breeze
• chewing the rag
• chinning
• kibbitzing
• running on
• talking a blue streak
• chewing the fat
• tattling
• yammering
• yapping
• expatiating
• yakking
• descanting
• yacking

Examples of babbling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

German researchers discovered a sort of pre-verbal stage in finches—similar to the babbling stage in humans—that leads to their becoming fluent in song. —Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024

Cuomo asked sheepishly to more face-covering giggles from Shields, who, not for nothing, noted that she was named after a babbling brook. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2024

Think of that situation as a never-ending babbling brook. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

Especially in the sweltering summer months, the babbling brooks and springs were a cooling reprieve, drawing road-trippers from near and far as the only national park for hundreds of miles. —Matt Kirouac, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2023