babbler

Other forms of babbler

plural

babblers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about babbler

What does babbler mean?

babbler means "an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in babbler?

babbler has 2 syllables: bab-bler. The stress falls on "bab". In IPA it is /ˈbæblɚ/.

What is another word for babbler?

Close synonyms include chatterer, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is babbler a common word?

babbler is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.