babble
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
Types & categories
- gibberish hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention
Types & categories
- mouth hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
to talk foolishly
The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
Types & categories
- piffle hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babbling brooks
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
divulge confidential information or secrets
Be careful--his secretary talks
Types & categories
- disclose hypernym
Related & opposite
- keep quiet antonym
- tattle derivation
- talk of the town derivation
- squealer derivation
- tattler derivation
- blabbermouthed derivation
- talk verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blather |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | babble |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gibberish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | babble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chatterer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | babble |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blather |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chatterer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | piffle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubbler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | riffle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gurgle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubble |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | gurgle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | keep quiet |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tattle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | talk of the town |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | squealer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tattler |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | blabbermouthed |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | talk |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | disclose |