blather
Talk without substance
Blather is empty, foolish talk—words without substance or direction.
Someone who blathers goes on at length without saying much: He blathered on about his weekend plans.
The noun names such talk: I couldn't follow his blather.
Blatherskite adds emphasis, naming either the talk itself or the person producing it.
Senseless, silly talk
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
claptrap · poppycock · rubbish · gobbledygook · mumbo-jumbo · piffle · flapdoodle · bunkum
Talk rapidly, incoherently
- natterLight, aimless conversation
- yammerComplain loudly, persistently
- yakHimalayan ox or chatter
- gabLight, meaningless talk
jaw · chit-chat · small-talk · palaver · schmooze · confabulate · tattle · blabber
Gridded breakfast cake
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- digressStray from the topic
- meanderTo travel without direction
- wanderMove without fixed direction
tangent · circumlocution · verbosity · prolixity · long-windedness · monologue · expatiate · discursive
Using more language than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
- garrulousTediously long-winded
windy · diffuse · voluble · grandiloquent · bombastic · turgid · pompous · overblown
Pour out freely
- gushFlow out forcefully
- raveEnthusiastic praise or nightlong dance
- enthuseExpress eager excitement
- slobberLet saliva dribble out
fawn · rhapsodize · emote · overstate · exaggerate · melodramatic · overwrought · effusive
drivel
Senseless, silly talk
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
hogwash · claptrap · poppycock · rubbish · gobbledygook · mumbo-jumbo · piffle · flapdoodle · bunkum · codswallop
jabber
Talk rapidly, incoherently
gab · jaw · chit-chat · small-talk · palaver · schmooze · confabulate · tattle · blabber · burble
waffle
Gridded breakfast cake
wander · tangent · circumlocution · verbosity · prolixity · long-windedness · monologue · expatiate · discursive · meandering
wordy
Using more language than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
garrulous · windy · diffuse · voluble · grandiloquent · bombastic · turgid · pompous · overblown · bloated
effuse
Pour out freely
slobber · fawn · rhapsodize · emote · overstate · exaggerate · melodramatic · overwrought · effusive · sycophantic
- blatherbalderdash, baloney, blarney, bunk, bunkum
- chatterchat, chatter, chatting, chitchat, chit-chat
- empty talkidle talk, hot air, idle chatter, drivel, chatter
- excessive talkingchatter, chattering, babbling, rambling, nattering
- gibberishgibberish, nonsense, babbling, drivel, garble
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
blathersense
Perception or judgment
substance · wisdom · insight · profundity · eloquence
blatherconciseness
Quality of being brief
brevity · terseness · pithiness · succinctness · economy of words