babbler

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UK[ˈbæb(ə)lə(ɹ)]

noun

Someone who babbles.

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chattererpraterchatterboxmagpiespoutercackler
OriginMiddle English babeler →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounbabbler (plural babblers)

plural babblers

  1. Someone who babbles.

    Great babblers, or talkers, are[…] not fit […]for trust.

    1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
  2. Any of several passerine birds, of the families Leiothrichidae, Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (found in Asia and Africa), and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
  3. datedA hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

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chattererpraterchatterboxmagpiespouter
Broader
speakertalkerutterer

nounany of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae

Similar
cackler
Broader
oscineoscine bird
Also see
babblemouthblabbermouthblatherskitecacklerchatterboxchattererjabberermagpiemotormouthpraterspoutertwattlertwitterer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbabeler
  2. Englishbabbler

From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble + -er.

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Translations

Ancient Greek φλύαρος
  • φλύαρος (phlúaros)someone who babbles
Catalan timàlia, cridaner
  • timàliabird
  • cridanerbird
Finnish lörppö, lörpöttelijä
  • lörppösomeone who babbles
  • lörpöttelijäsomeone who babbles
  • lavertelijasomeone who babbles
  • höpöttäjäsomeone who babbles
  • jokeltajasomeone who babbles
  • pälpättäjäsomeone who babbles
  • timalibird
  • australiantimalibird
French babillard, babillarde
  • babillardsomeone who babbles
  • babillardesomeone who babbles
Irish cabaire
  • cabairesomeone who babbles
Latin blatero
  • blaterosomeone who babbles
Māori ngutu pī, komarero
  • ngutu pīsomeone who babbles
  • komarerosomeone who babbles
  • ngutupīsomeone who babbles
Russian пустомеля
  • пустомеля (pustomelja)someone who babbles
Spanish balbuceador
  • balbuceadorsomeone who babbles

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

babbler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babbler

MLA

“babbler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babbler. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “babbler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babbler.

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