blithers

Speaks without sense

Blithers is the third-person singular of blither, meaning to talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way: He blithers on about conspiracy theories.

The word suggests empty, rambling speech—someone who blithers isn't making sense or getting to the point.

Related to blather, with similar meaning and slightly old-fashioned flavor.

speech

rambles

Speaks without focus

nonsense · jabbers · drivel · natters · chatters · gabbles · twaddle · blathers · prates · yammers

foolishness

idiot

Foolish, senseless person

dimwit · nitwit · dolt · dunce · buffoon · twit · numskull · blockhead · ignoramus · addlepated

Opposites
coherence and substance of speech

blithersarticulates

Expresses in words

expounds · elucidates · explicates · reasons · makes sense

brevity and precision

blithersstates

Modes of being

declares · asserts · summarizes · encapsulates · gets to the point

verbal restraint

blitherskeeps mum

listens · clams up · shuts up · bites tongue

Phrases
Family

blithe, blithely, blithesome, blithering, blither

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