What are some opposite words for chatter?
Antonyms for chatter
ˈtʃæt ərchat·ter
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term chatter.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
chatter
Most of these words are onomatopoetic. The cackle of a hen, the gabble of a goose, the chatter of a magpie, the babble of a running stream, as applied to human speech, indicate a rapid succession of what are to the listener meaningless sounds. Blab and blurt (commonly blurt out) refer to the letting out of what the lips can no longer keep in; blab, of a secret; blurt out, of passionate feeling. To chat is to talk in an easy, pleasant way, not without sense, but without special purpose. Chatting is the practise of adults, prattling that of children. To prate is to talk idly, presumptuously, or foolishly, but not necessarily incoherently. To jabber is to utter a rapid succession of unintelligible sounds, generally more noisy than chattering. To gossip is to talk of petty personal matters, as for pastime or mischief. To twaddle is to talk feeble nonsense. To murmur is to utter suppressed or even inarticulate sounds, suggesting the notes of a dove, or the sound of a running stream, and is used figuratively of the half suppressed utterances of affection or pity, or of complaint, resentment, etc. Compare SPEAK.
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babble, blab, blurt, blurt out, cackle, chat, gabble, gossip, jabber, murmur, palaver, prate, prattle, tattle, twaddlePreposition:
Babies babble for the moon; the crowd babbles of a hero; the sick man babbles of home.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cacklenoun
noisy talk
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cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak, chatteringchatter, chatteringnoun
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
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cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak, chatteringchatter, chatteringverb
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
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cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak, chatteringchatter, clickverb
click repeatedly or uncontrollably
"Chattering teeth"
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chitchat, shoot the breeze, twaddle, get through, gossip, prattle, snap, tick, flick, palaver, jaw, chit-chat, claver, tittle-tattle, maunder, chew the fat, tattle, fall into place, penetrate, cluck, come home, visit, confab, sink in, gibber, click, blab, natter, piffle, confabulate, dawn, prate, get across, chat, chaffer, gabble, blabber, clackchatterverb
cut unevenly with a chattering tool
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confab, natter, click, tittle-tattle, jaw, palaver, chat, tattle, gabble, blab, chew the fat, piffle, prate, gibber, chit-chat, visit, gossip, confabulate, chitchat, prattle, clack, maunder, claver, shoot the breeze, blabber, twaddle, chafferchew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visitverb
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
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bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, call down, masticate, bring down, huckster, shoot the breeze, twaddle, inspect, consult, impose, take to task, gossip, prattle, call on the carpet, inflict, reproof, manducate, call in, lambaste, palaver, jaw, higgle, claver, tittle-tattle, lambast, maunder, see, haggle, chew out, remonstrate, call, tattle, have words, berate, rebuke, natter, travel to, trounce, visit, dress down, confab, chit-chat, chew up, gibber, click, blab, reprimand, rattle on, piffle, scold, confabulate, confer, chew the fat, dish the dirt, yap away, chew, prate, rag, chat, yack away, chaffer, lecture, gabble, blabber, clackchatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabbleverb
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
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inveigle, chitchat, brattle, mumble, cluck, shoot the breeze, babble, let the cat out of the bag, twaddle, clatter, gossip, prattle, sing, palaver, blarney, chit-chat, claver, tittle-tattle, maunder, sweet-talk, chew the fat, mutter, peach, tattle, natter, wheedle, visit, confab, blab out, coax, gibber, cajole, blab, talk, spill the beans, piffle, confabulate, click, jaw, babble out, mussitate, prate, chat, chaffer, gabble, blabber, clackchatterverb
make noise as if chattering away
"The magpies were chattering in the trees"
Synonyms:
confab, natter, click, tittle-tattle, jaw, palaver, chat, tattle, gabble, blab, chew the fat, piffle, prate, gibber, chit-chat, visit, gossip, confabulate, chitchat, prattle, clack, maunder, claver, shoot the breeze, blabber, twaddle, chaffer
How to use chatter in a sentence?
The eagle has ceased to scream, but the parrots will now begin to chatter. The war of the giants is over and the pigmies will now start to squabble.
It’s just lot of chatter. We all talk to the same people. There are very few people actually meeting up.
My sense right now is unless you’re probably talking to Ron Francis, there’s probably not a lot of chatter, it’s teams that might be in a difficult spot (and) are maybe trying to figure out ways to do a deal with Seattle.
And by the way, it’s a testament to the fact that I have not dated a lot of people in the last five, six years. That was my only relationship. So it’s like, give me this, people. it’s just lot of chatter. We all talk to the same people. There are very few people actually meeting up.
Much of the disappointed chatter focused on the lack of blockbuster deals.
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#94220 | reticence |
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