Synonyms for chatter
ˈtʃæt ərchat·ter

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1. chatter

   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, gabble, gossip, jabber, murmur, palaver, prate, prattle, tattle, twaddle

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. chatter

   Synonyms:
   rattle, jabber, cackle, prattle, twaddle

   Antonyms:
   reason, sense, argument, reticence, philosophy, conversation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cacklenoun

   noisy talk

   Synonyms:
   cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak, chattering

2. chatter, chatteringnoun

   the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

   Synonyms:
   cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak, chattering

3. chatter, chatteringverb

   the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

   Synonyms:
   cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak, chattering

4. chatter, clickverb

   click repeatedly or uncontrollably

   "Chattering teeth"

   Synonyms:
   chitchat, shoot the breeze, twaddle, get through, gossip, prattle, snap, tick, flick, palaver, jaw, chit-chat, claver, tittle-tattle, maunder, chew the fat, tattle, fall into place, penetrate, cluck, come home, visit, confab, sink in, gibber, click, blab, natter, piffle, confabulate, dawn, prate, get across, chat, chaffer, gabble, blabber, clack

5. chatterverb

   cut unevenly with a chattering tool

   Synonyms:
   confab, natter, click, tittle-tattle, jaw, palaver, chat, tattle, gabble, blab, chew the fat, piffle, prate, gibber, chit-chat, visit, gossip, confabulate, chitchat, prattle, clack, maunder, claver, shoot the breeze, blabber, twaddle, chaffer

6. chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visitverb

   talk socially without exchanging too much information

   "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

   Synonyms:
   bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, call down, masticate, bring down, huckster, shoot the breeze, twaddle, inspect, consult, impose, take to task, gossip, prattle, call on the carpet, inflict, reproof, manducate, call in, lambaste, palaver, jaw, higgle, claver, tittle-tattle, lambast, maunder, see, haggle, chew out, remonstrate, call, tattle, have words, berate, rebuke, natter, travel to, trounce, visit, dress down, confab, chit-chat, chew up, gibber, click, blab, reprimand, rattle on, piffle, scold, confabulate, confer, chew the fat, dish the dirt, yap away, chew, prate, rag, chat, yack away, chaffer, lecture, gabble, blabber, clack

7. 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, prattle, 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, chaffer, gabble, blabber, clack

8. chatterverb

   make noise as if chattering away

   "The magpies were chattering in the trees"

   Synonyms:
   confab, natter, click, tittle-tattle, jaw, palaver, chat, tattle, gabble, blab, chew the fat, piffle, prate, gibber, chit-chat, visit, gossip, confabulate, chitchat, prattle, clack, maunder, claver, shoot the breeze, blabber, twaddle, chaffer

Matched Categories

1. • Cut
   • Noise
   • Sound
   • Utter

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chatterverb

   Synonyms:
   prate, prattle, chat, gossip, talk idly, talk freely

2. chatternoun

   Synonyms:
   prate, prattle, CHAT

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1. List of paraphrases for "chatter":

   buzz, chitchat, gossip

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How to use chatter in a sentence?

1. Jeff Weaver:

   We are hearing some chatter that( Iowa Democratic Party is) blaming this delay on you having to report three numbers, not one.

2. John Mayer:

   And by the way, it’s a testament to the fact that I have not dated a lot of people in the last five, six years. That was my only relationship. So it’s like, give me this, people. it’s just lot of chatter. We all talk to the same people. There are very few people actually meeting up.

3. Lisa Haisha:

   The best way to work through the noise and fiction of our Imposters is to STOP for a moment and get quiet inside, OBSERVE them, UNDERSTAND the fears and anxieties behind their chatter, and LIBERATE ourselves from them.

4. Pope Francis:

   This is a serious disease that begins simply when people chatter, and it takes over the person, turning the person as a Satan, and in so many cases people are speaking ill about their own colleagues and brothers and sisters. These people haven't got the courage to speak directly, and they speak about others behind their backs, dear brothers, let us be aware and guard against the terrorism of gossip.

5. Ashima:

   Water batter ground, I chatter around, no jitter sound, but litter mound!