Babble

Antonyms for babble:

keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth.

Synonyms for babble:

Sense 1

footstep, peep, twang, whirr, yack, pitter-patter, spout, mumble, sizzle, rustling, philosophize, bumble, rake over, trill, run on, whir, spiel, yak, pit-a-pat, squelch, drone on, ramble on, bang on, growl, putter, equivocate, blatherskite, fizz, rattle on, hold forth, babel, talk away, waffle, jangle, yap, thrum, meander, whoosh, rave, moan.

Sense 2

footfall, keep on, fizzle, grate, rustle, wind, ramble, twitter, hiccup, jingle, racket, sputter, splash, groan, cough, gibberish, sigh, sneeze, jabberwocky, ding.

Sense 3

drone, rasp, roar, gas, rattle, scrape, tread, run off, click, jaw, whisper.

Sense 4

jargon, cluck, puff, throb, slur, sound, knock.

Sense 5

crunch, grunt, step.

Sense 7

stamp, pad.

Sense 8

buzz, blow.

Sense 9

scratch, go on.

blab

blurt out, go on, run on, peach.

blurt

spout.

chitchat

small talk.

gabble

gabble.

tumult

uproar.

Other synonyms and related words:

ruffle, sing, lallation, slobber, rustling, bumble, gas, blab, whistle, yak, belch, play around, twitter, gibber, riffle, splash, mumbo jumbo, guggle, Double Dutch, blurt, mouth, growl, blatherskite, gabble, rustle, philosophize, chat, gossip, jangle, pad, babel, spill the beans, sputter, rattle, sigh, smatter, ramble on, small talk, whisper, jabberwocky, jaw, mumble, roar, sound, racket, gibberish, talk away, yack, blurt out, let the cat out of the bag, jargon, twaddle, equivocate, rattle on, verbalize, chaffer, throb, knock, gurgle, blether, verbalise, rave, go on, whirr, bubble, twang, burble, uproar, dabble, spill, tittle-tattle, babbling, rasp, piffle, pitter-patter, yap, abracadabra, slur, crunch, cackle, groan, spout, prate, stamp, murmur, wind, blabber, blow, fizzle, meander, babble out, waffle, maunder, palaver, grunt, footfall, blab out, whir, blither, ripple, buzz, tread, burp, scratch, trill, pit-a-pat, clack, spiel, ramble, peach.

Sense 1 (noun)

bumble, slur, waffle, sputter, equivocate, mumble.

Sense 3 (noun)

spiel, growl, putter, jaw, gas, yak, cluck, moan, groan, run on, go on, grunt, fizz, drone, rattle.

Sense 4 (noun)

buzz, blow, cough, grate, crunch, ding, click.

Sense 5 (noun)

footfall, hiccup, babel, pad, footstep.

Sense 6 (noun)

fizzle, peep, pitter-patter, pit-a-pat.

babble (noun)

blab out, smatter, blether, burble, talk, blab, babble out, ripple, blither, babbling, guggle, gurgle, blather, lallation, peach, tattle, bubble, sing.

communication (noun)

lallation, babbling.

empty talk (noun)

palaver.

gibberish (noun)

jabberwocky.

trivial talk, often incessant (noun)

chatter, gabble, gossip, drivel, gibberish, jargon, murmur, jabber, burble, gab, prattle.

unmeaningness (noun)

unmeaningness, nonsense, double talk, noise, meaninglessness, cipher, drivel, gobbledygook, hogwash, absurdity, senselessness, blather, jabber.

speak (verb)

discuss, tattle, lecture, prattle, vocalize, debate, chatter, speak, orate, chitchat, preach, recite, gab, remark, say, voice, patter, talk.

talk trivially, often incessantly (verb)

cackle, gibber, go on, spill the beans, run on, blurt, blab, tattle, rave, prate, chat, yak, patter, mumble.

Usage examples for babble:

• They had been hard at work for an hour, when a confused babble of shouting was heard from the port, and shortly after they saw a shaft of light shoot into the sky and glance across the harbour. - "The Golden Rock", Ernest Glanville.
• It makes me babble. - "The Lady Doc", Caroline Lockhart.