Babble

Antonyms for babble:

quiet, keep quiet, be silent, hide, keep one's mouth shut, conceal, silence, wisdom, shut one's mouth, sense, be quiet.

Usage examples for babble:

• No one, I well know, who does not mean to idly babble. - "Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes", Aeschylus.
• Half the men were under water in a moment; but they had all, one after another, come up to the surface again for breath, when- tinkle, tinkle, babble, and gush! - "The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories", George MacDonald.
• Think of what this would mean, of the calling which goes on every day from room to room of a house, and then think of that calling extending from pole to pole,- not a noisy babble, but a call audible to him who wants to hear, and absolutely silent to all others. - "The Life Radiant", Lilian Whiting.

Quotes for babble:

• It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion. – Rene Daumal

• Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously. – Lance Morrow

• They only babble who practise not reflection. – Edward Young

Rhymes for babble:

• rabble, scrabble, schnabel;
• babel, drabble, dabble;
• psychobabble;