babblers

Those who prattle

Babblers are people who talk rapidly, incoherently, or foolishly—prattlers who fill the air with meaningless chatter: The meeting devolved into a room full of babblers.

In ornithology, babblers are a family of songbirds known for their noisy, chattering calls, found mainly in Asia and Africa.

chatter

prattle

Trivial, prolonged speech

  • jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
  • blabberRamble without substance
  • yammerComplain loudly, persistently

natter · gabble · ramble · chatterbox · patter · incoherent · nonsense · gibberish · drivel · blather

gossip

rumor

Unconfirmed circulating story

tittle-tattle · hearsay · innuendo · gossipmonger · busybody · blabbermouth · talebearer · snoop · backbiting · meddlers

birds

warbler

Small melodious bird

flock · avian · species · plumage · feathers · beak · nesting · habitat · insectivorous · foraging

Categories
Opposites
speech coherence

babblersorators

Eloquent public speakers

rhetoricians · silver-tongued · wordsmiths

verbal quantity/restraint

babblersmutes

Silences or softens

strong silent types · listeners · stoics · introverts

discretion

babblersconfidants

Trusted secret-keepers

vaults

Family

babble, babbled, babbler

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