Antonyms for prattle
ˈpræt lprat·tle

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.2 / 6 votes

1. prattle

   Most of these words are onomatopoetic. The cackle of a hen, the gabble of a goose, the chatter of a magpie, the babble of a running stream, as applied to human speech, indicate a rapid succession of what are to the listener meaningless sounds. Blab and blurt (commonly blurt out) refer to the letting out of what the lips can no longer keep in; blab, of a secret; blurt out, of passionate feeling. To chat is to talk in an easy, pleasant way, not without sense, but without special purpose. Chatting is the practise of adults, prattling that of children. To prate is to talk idly, presumptuously, or foolishly, but not necessarily incoherently. To jabber is to utter a rapid succession of unintelligible sounds, generally more noisy than chattering. To gossip is to talk of petty personal matters, as for pastime or mischief. To twaddle is to talk feeble nonsense. To murmur is to utter suppressed or even inarticulate sounds, suggesting the notes of a dove, or the sound of a running stream, and is used figuratively of the half suppressed utterances of affection or pity, or of complaint, resentment, etc. Compare SPEAK.

   Synonyms:
   babble, blab, blurt, blurt out, cackle, chat, chatter, gabble, gossip, jabber, murmur, palaver, prate, tattle, twaddle

   Preposition:
   Babies babble for the moon; the crowd babbles of a hero; the sick man babbles of home.

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin musicverb

   idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

   Synonyms:
   prate, idle talk, blether, chin music

2. chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabbleverb

   speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

   Synonyms:
   inveigle, chitchat, brattle, mumble, cluck, shoot the breeze, babble, let the cat out of the bag, twaddle, clatter, gossip, sing, palaver, blarney, chit-chat, claver, tittle-tattle, maunder, sweet-talk, chew the fat, mutter, peach, tattle, natter, wheedle, visit, confab, blab out, coax, gibber, cajole, blab, talk, spill the beans, piffle, confabulate, click, jaw, babble out, mussitate, prate, chat, chatter, chaffer, gabble, blabber, clack

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:4.5 / 4 votes

1. sensible

   to construct a practical or wise statement

   "she gave a pratical argument"

   Submitted by anonymous on October 7, 2019  

How to use prattle in a sentence?

1. Homer:

   He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.

2. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night , Act I scene ii:

   What the great ones do, the less will prattle of

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