blabbers
Spills secrets carelessly
Blabbers means talks too much or reveals things that should be kept private.
Someone who blabbers shares secrets carelessly or chatters on without restraint: She blabbers about everything to her coworkers.
A blabber is a person who does this habitually—someone you wouldn't trust with sensitive information.
Trivial, prolonged speech
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- babbleIncoherent speech
- gabbleRapid, muddled talk
- yammerComplain loudly, persistently
ramble · natter · patter · yap · yak · blather · twaddle · drivel
Using more language than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- garrulousTediously long-winded
loquacious · voluble · verbose · effusive · expansive · discursive · circumlocutory · windbag
One who informs on others
- rumormongerOne who spreads unverified talk
- busybodyIntrusive meddler
- talebearerOne who spreads rumors
- newsmongerSpreader of idle talk
gossipmonger · yenta · scandalmonger · whisperer · snitch · telltale · natter · hearsay
prattle
Trivial, prolonged speech
yammer · ramble · natter · patter · yap · yak · blather · twaddle · drivel · gibberish
wordy
Using more language than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
garrulous · loquacious · voluble · verbose · effusive · expansive · discursive · circumlocutory · windbag · goes on
tattletale
One who informs on others
- rumormongerOne who spreads unverified talk
- busybodyIntrusive meddler
- talebearerOne who spreads rumors
newsmonger · gossipmonger · yenta · scandalmonger · whisperer · snitch · telltale · natter · hearsay · scuttlebutt
divulge
Reveal private information
betray · expose · snitch · informant · whistleblower · tattle · let slip · give away · secrets · confidential
blabberskeeps mum
tight-lipped · clams up · conceals · withholds · discretion
blabbersshuts up
Becomes silent abruptly
listens · holds one's peace · zips it · pipes down · clams up
blabber, blabbermouth, blabbed, blabbering, blabbered, blabberer