1. chatter
noun. ['ˈtʃætɝ'] noisy talk.
Synonyms
- blether
- idle talk
- yak
- cackle
- talk
- prattle
- chin music
- talking
- yack
- prate
Antonyms
- close up
- whisper
- shout
- specify
Etymology
- -er (English)
- -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
- chat (English)
- chateren (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Words that Rhyme with Chatter
- mcphatter
- mcfatter
- antimatter
- vannatter
- vannater
- vanatter
- splatter
- spatter
- smatter
- slatter
- schlatter
- scatter
- platter
- flatter
- clatter
- blatter
- vatter
- tatter
- tatar
- shatter
- satter
- sater
- patter
- natter
- matter
- mater
- latter
- fatter
- batter
- attar
How do you pronounce chatter?
Pronounce chatter as ˈʧætər.
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Example sentences of the word chatter
1. Noun, singular or mass
By age 3, your child should be a chatter bug with more words than you can count.
2. Verb, base form
The blade begins to chatter or skip across the windshield.
Quotes containing the word chatter
1. The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
- Socrates
2. Too lazy to be ambitious,I let the world take care of itself.Ten days' worth of rice in my bag;a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?Listening to the night rain on my roof,I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.
- Ryokan
3. There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter.
- Guy Debord
2. chatter
verb. ['ˈtʃætɝ'] speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
Synonyms
- blab
- speak
- smatter
- babble
- tittle-tattle
- prattle
- twaddle
- tattle
- gabble
- verbalize
- maunder
- verbalise
- blither
- clack
- piffle
- palaver
- blabber
- talk
- gibber
- mouth
- utter
- blather
- prate
Antonyms
- vowel
- consonant
- unsound
- unhealthy
Etymology
- -er (English)
- -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
- chat (English)
- chateren (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. chatter
verb. ['ˈtʃætɝ'] click repeatedly or uncontrollably.
Synonyms
- click
- go
Antonyms
- descend
- linger
- recede
Etymology
- -er (English)
- -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
- chat (English)
- chateren (Middle English (1100-1500))
4. chatter
verb. ['ˈtʃætɝ'] talk socially without exchanging too much information.
Synonyms
- claver
- confabulate
- chat
- jaw
- shmooze
- chaffer
- gossip
- shoot the breeze
- chit-chat
- chew the fat
- schmooze
- discourse
- confab
- chitchat
- converse
- jawbone
- visit
- schmoose
- shmoose
Antonyms
- silence
- unreasonable
- shallow
- invalid
Etymology
- -er (English)
- -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
- chat (English)
- chateren (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. chatter
verb. ['ˈtʃætɝ'] cut unevenly with a chattering tool.
Antonyms
- continuant consonant
Etymology
- -er (English)
- -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
- chat (English)
- chateren (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. chatter
verb. ['ˈtʃætɝ'] make noise as if chattering away.
Synonyms
- utter
- verbalize
- speak
- talk
- verbalise
Antonyms
- injured
- damaged
- unwholesome
- broken
Etymology
- -er (English)
- -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
- chat (English)
- chateren (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. chatter
noun. ['ˈtʃætɝ'] the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys).
Synonyms
- noise
Antonyms
- mitigated
- incomplete
Etymology
- -er (English)
- -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
- chat (English)
- chateren (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. chatter
noun. ['ˈtʃætɝ'] the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine.
Synonyms
- noise
Antonyms
- forward
- synonymous
Etymology
- -er (English)
- -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
- chat (English)
- chateren (Middle English (1100-1500))