Synonyms for babbling

Noun

1. babble, babbling, lallation, gibberish, gibber
usage: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

Verb

1. babble, talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
usage: utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
2. babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither, chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
usage: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
3. ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle, sound, go
usage: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
4. spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
usage: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

Adjective

1. blathering, blithering, jabbering, babbling, voluble (vs. taciturn)
usage: talking idly or incoherently; "blithering (or blathering) idiot"; "jabbering children"; "gabbling housewives"; "a babbling hospital inmate"
2. babbling
usage: continuous low murmuring sound; as especially of water; "a babbling brook"
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