gibberish

Other forms of gibberish

plural

gibberishes·

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 gibberish

What does gibberish mean?

gibberish means "unintelligible talking".

How many syllables are in gibberish?

gibberish has 3 syllables: gib-be-rish. The stress falls on "gib". In IPA it is /ˈɡɪbɚɪʃ/.

What is another word for gibberish?

Close synonyms include gibber. 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 gibberish a common word?

gibberish is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.