blatherers

Those who ramble

Blatherers are people who talk at length without saying much of substance.

The word carries mild contempt for those who ramble or prattle: The meeting was dominated by blatherers who loved the sound of their own voices.

A blatherer produces blather—foolish, empty chatter.

social

gossips

Shares private information

prattlers · gabbers · yammerers · yappers · babblers · jabberers · loudmouths · talkers · busybodies · rumormongers

nonsense

ramblers

Those who wander leisurely

balderdash · twaddle · claptrap · hogwash · poppycock · rubbish · hot air · foolishness · absurdity · meaningless

political

pundits

Expert commentators on affairs

talking heads · commentators · pontificators · grandstanders · soapbox · rhetoric · bombast · filibusterers · speechifiers · propagandists

Opposites
verbal economy

blatherersminimalists

Advocates of deliberate simplicity

substantiveness of speech

blathererssages

Profoundly learned people

savants · oracles · deep thinkers · intellectuals · philosophers

verbal restraint

blatherersstrong silent types

Quietly capable, emotionally restrained individuals

mutes · listeners · introverts · wallflowers · observers

Family

blatherer, blathered

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