This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Learn more

Chitchat synonyms

Sorting by
Votes
prattle
Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
0
0
  1. Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
  2. Childish babble
  3. Silly, childish, talk; babble.
small talk
Alternative spelling of small talk.
0
0
  1. Alternative spelling of small talk.
  2. Casual or trivial conversation.
  3. Light conversation about common, everyday things; chitchat
babble
Confused, incoherent talk or vocal sounds
0
0
  1. Confused, incoherent talk or vocal sounds
  2. A low, bubbling sound
  3. A continuous low, murmuring sound, as of flowing water.
blab
Lengthy chatter.
0
0
  1. Lengthy chatter.
  2. One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.
  3. A person who blabs
blabber
A blabbermouth.
0
0
  1. A blabbermouth.
  2. Idle chatter.
  3. A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.
chat
An informal, light conversation.
0
0
  1. An informal, light conversation.
  2. Small talk; chitchat
  3. Any of various birds in the families Muscicapidae or Parulidae that have a chattering call, especially the yellow-breasted chat.
chatter
Communication, such as e-mail and cell phone calls, between people who are involved in terrorism or espionage, as monitored by a government agency.
0
0
  1. Communication, such as e-mail and cell phone calls, between people who are involved in terrorism or espionage, as monitored by a government agency.
  2. The sharp, rapid sounds made by some birds and animals.
  3. (Internet) a user of chat rooms
jabber
Fast, incoherent, nonsensical talk; gibberish
0
0
  1. Fast, incoherent, nonsensical talk; gibberish
  2. Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
palaver
A negotiation or discussion concerning matters in dispute, especially in the traditional cultures of West Africa.
0
0
  1. A negotiation or discussion concerning matters in dispute, especially in the traditional cultures of West Africa.
  2. A conference or discussion, as orig. between indigenous Africans and European explorers or traders
  3. Talk intended to charm or beguile.
prate
Idle talk; chatter
0
0
  1. Idle talk; chatter
prattle
Childish babble
0
0
  1. Childish babble
  2. Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
  3. Silly, childish, talk; babble.
small talk
Casual or trivial conversation.
0
0
  1. Casual or trivial conversation.
  2. Alternative spelling of small talk.
  3. Light conversation about common, everyday things; chitchat
gab
Idle talk; chatter
0
0
  1. Idle talk; chatter
gas
(US) gas pedal
0
0
  1. (US) gas pedal
  2. A gaseous fuel, such as natural gas.
  3. A condition resulting from indigestion in which such gas causes abdominal bloating, flatulence, etc.
yak
An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas and Tibet with dark, long and silky hair a horse like tail and a full, bushy mane.
0
0
  1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas and Tibet with dark, long and silky hair a horse like tail and a full, bushy mane.
  2. Prolonged, sometimes senseless talk; chatter.
  3. A domesticated yak, used as a work animal or raised for meat and milk.
babble
To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.
0
0
  1. To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.
  2. To blurt out impulsively; disclose without careful consideration.
  3. To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds:
blabber
To blab; to let out a secret.
0
0
  1. To blab; to let out a secret.
  2. To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.
  3. To chatter; babble.
chatter
To vibrate or rattle while in operation:
0
0
  1. To vibrate or rattle while in operation:
  2. To click quickly and repeatedly:
  3. To click together rapidly, as the teeth do when the lower jaw trembles from fright or cold
clack
To cackle or cluck, as a hen.
0
0
  1. To cackle or cluck, as a hen.
  2. To talk fast, foolishly, etc.; chatter
  3. To make a sudden, sharp sound, as by striking two hard substances together
jabber
To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.
0
0
  1. To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.
  2. (Intransitive) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
  3. To speak or say quickly, incoherently, or nonsensically; chatter; gibber
palaver
(Archaic) To flatter or cajole.
0
0
  1. (Archaic) To flatter or cajole.
  2. To talk idly or at length.
  3. To talk, esp. idly or flatteringly
prate
To tell idly; blab
0
0
  1. To tell idly; blab
  2. To talk idly and at length; chatter:
  3. To talk much and foolishly; chatter
prattle
To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
0
0
  1. To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
  2. To speak in a childish way; babble
  3. (Intransitive) To speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.
rattle
To secure ratlines to (shrouds).
0
0
  1. To secure ratlines to (shrouds).
  2. To provide with ratlines
spiel
To talk or say (something) at length or extravagantly.
0
0
  1. To talk or say (something) at length or extravagantly.
  2. To give a spiel
gab
To talk idly or incessantly, as about trivial matters.
0
0
  1. To talk idly or incessantly, as about trivial matters.
  2. To talk much or idly; chatter; gabble
gas
To subject to the action of gas
0
0
  1. To subject to the action of gas
  2. To supply with gas
  3. To treat chemically with gas.
jaw
(Slang) To talk, esp. in a boring or abusive way
0
0
  1. (Slang) To talk, esp. in a boring or abusive way
  2. Any of various structures of invertebrate animals, such as the pincers of spiders or mites, that function similarly to the jaws of vertebrates.
  3. Either of two bony or cartilaginous structures that in most vertebrate animals form the framework of the mouth, hold the teeth, and are used for biting and chewing food. The lower, movable part of the jaw is the mandible. The upper, fixed part is the maxilla.
yak
To talk persistently and meaninglessly; chatter.
0
0
  1. To talk persistently and meaninglessly; chatter.
  2. To talk much or idly; chatter
Find another word for chitchat. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for chitchat, like: conversation, informal talk, prattle, small talk, gossip, talk, babble, blab, blabber, chat and chatter.

Sentence Examples

  • The chitchat roamed from details of Friday's luncheon to views on crime and punishment, which, as the booze went down, became more and more general.

  • He began to lose his focus and a lot of he general chitchat of the staff just washed over his head.

  • camaraderie between the boat crews remained, but there was less chitchat and amiable meandering about the floating wall dock.

  • Published: 29 August 2006 ' You need your very own personal bailiff; tough, no nonsense, short on social chitchat.

More sentences →

Words that mention chitchat in the Dictionary

Words near chitchat in the Thesaurus