blather
4 synonyms for blather, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To talk quickly without saying much that makes sense.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Comes from Middle English bletheren, bloderen, from Old Norse blaðra (“to speak inarticulately, talk nonsense”). It is cognate with Scots blether, bladder, bledder (“to blather”), dialectal German bladdern (“to talk nonsense, blather”), Norwegian bladra (“to babble, speak imperfectly”), and Icelandic blaðra (“to twaddl...
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