mutter

1. 1.

   talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

   Synonymsmumblemaundermussitate

   Broadertalk
2. 2.

   make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

   “she grumbles when she feels overworked”

   Synonymsmurmurgrumblecroakgnarl

   Broadercomplain

Other forms of mutter

plural

mutters·

past tense

mutterred·

present participle

mutterring·

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 mutter

What does mutter mean?

mutter means "a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mutter?

mutter has 2 syllables: mut-ter. The stress falls on "mut". In IPA it is /ˈmʌtɚ/.

What is another word for mutter?

Close synonyms include muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation. 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 mutter a common word?

mutter is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mutter?

1 word rhymes with mutter. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.