prates
Talks foolish nonsense
To prate is to talk at length about trivial matters, often in a self-important way.
Prates is either the third-person singular or the plural noun for instances of such talk: He prates on about his accomplishments, Her endless prates about office politics.
The word carries mild contempt for empty, tedious speech.
Foolish, pointless chatter
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
nonsense · balderdash · hogwash · claptrap · poppycock · bunkum · piffle · tosh
blather
Foolish, pointless chatter
gibberish · nonsense · balderdash · hogwash · claptrap · poppycock · bunkum · piffle · tosh · codswallop
tittle-tattle
Trivial, idle chatter
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
scandal · buzz · innuendo · backbiting · tales · dirt · secrets · slander · tattle · blabber
lecture
Educational spoken presentation
- sermonizeSpeak with moral authority
- moralizePontificate about ethics
- speechifyTalk long-windedly, formally
declaim · expound · hold forth · opine · bloviate · grandstand · soapbox · harangue · drone · orate
pratesenlightens
Imparts knowledge or insight
edifies · instructs · teaches · informs · elucidates
pratessummarizes
Restates in brief
condenses · distills · cuts to the chase · gets to the point · encapsulates
prattle, prattling, prate, prattler, prattled, prattles, prating, prattlers, prated