prater

Questions about prater

What does prater mean?

prater means "an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker".

How many syllables are in prater?

prater has 2 syllables: pra-ter. The stress falls on "pra". In IPA it is /ˈpɹeɪtɚ/.

What is another word for prater?

Close synonyms include chatterer, babbler, 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 prater a common word?

prater 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.