What is another word for drivel?
642 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɹˈɪvə͡l], [ dɹˈɪvəl], [ d_ɹ_ˈɪ_v_əl]
There are a number of synonyms for the word "drivel", many of which convey a similar sense of meaningless, nonsensical language. Some of the most common synonyms include: nonsense, gibberish, babble, twaddle, balderdash, claptrap, and hokum. Other synonyms might include "jabber", "gobbledygook", or "piffle". Depending on the specific context, some of these synonyms might be more appropriate or effective than others. However, all of these words share a basic sense of language that is either foolish or lacking in substance. When seeking to express frustration with meaningless or irrelevant speech, any of these words could be a great choice.
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Similar words for drivel:
- babble (noun)
- balderdash (noun)
- communication (noun)
- crap (noun)
- double-talk (noun)
- drool (noun)
- foolish talk (noun)
- gibberish (noun)
- gobbledygook (noun)
- hogwash (noun)
- hooey (noun)
- humbug (noun)
- jargon (noun)
- nonsense (noun)
- piffle (noun)
- prattle (noun)
- rot (noun)
- slush (noun)
- trash (noun)
- unmeaningness (noun)
- consume (verb)
- dribble (verb)
- jabber (verb)
- prate (verb)
- ramble (verb)
- consume
- dribble
- drool
- gabble
- maunder
- noun
- prate
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Drivel:
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n.
• babble • balderdash • communication • crap • double-talk • drool • foolish talk • gibberish • gobbledygook • hogwash • hooey • humbug • jargon • nonsense • piffle • prattle • rot • slush • trash • unmeaningness -
v.
• consume- availed of ,
- availed oneself of ,
- availing of ,
- availing oneself of ,
- avails of ,
- ex pend ,
- ex pended ,
- ex pending ,
- ex pends ,
- ex-pend ,
- ex-pended ,
- ex-pending ,
- ex-pends ,
- finishes up ,
- finishing up ,
- frivoled away ,
- frivoling away ,
- frivolled away ,
- frivolling away ,
- frivols away ,
- had recourse to ,
- haddest recourse to ,
- hadst recourse to ,
- has recourse to ,
- hast recourse to ,
- hath recourse to ,
- having recourse to ,
- pre occupied ,
- pre occupies ,
- pre occupy ,
- pre occupying ,
- pre-occupied ,
- pre-occupies ,
- pre-occupy ,
- pre-occupying ,
- profited by ,
- profiting by ,
- profits by ,
- put use ,
- puts to use ,
- puts use ,
- putting to use ,
- putting use ,
- ran out of ,
- running out of ,
- runs out of ,
- runs through ,
- washes up ,
- washing up .
- dis till ,
- dis tilled ,
- dis tilling ,
- dis tills ,
- dis-till ,
- dis-tilled ,
- dis-tilling ,
- dis-tills ,
- fall drops ,
- falling drops ,
- falls drops ,
- falls in drops ,
- fell drops ,
- fell in drops .
- go and on ,
- go on on ,
- goes and on ,
- goes on and on ,
- goes on on ,
- going and on ,
- going on and on ,
- going on on ,
- ran at mouth ,
- ran mouth ,
- ran off at mouth ,
- ran off mouth ,
- run at mouth ,
- run mouth ,
- run off mouth ,
- running at mouth ,
- running mouth ,
- running off at mouth ,
- running off mouth ,
- runs at mouth ,
- runs mouth ,
- runs off at mouth ,
- runs off mouth ,
- shoot breeze ,
- went and on ,
- went on and on ,
- went on on .
- prattle talk ,
- prattle'd talk ,
- prattle'ed talk ,
- prattle'ing talk ,
- prattle's talk ,
- prattled talk ,
- prattleed talk ,
- prattleing talk ,
- prattles talk ,
- runoned ,
- runoning ,
- runons ,
- yacked ,
- yacks .
- Prosed ,
- am diffuse ,
- are diffuse ,
- art diffuse ,
- beating around bush ,
- beats around bush ,
- being diffuse ,
- de part ,
- de parted ,
- de parting ,
- de parts ,
- de scant ,
- de scanted ,
- de scanting ,
- de scants ,
- de-part ,
- de-parted ,
- de-parting ,
- de-parts ,
- de-scant ,
- de-scanted ,
- de-scanting ,
- de-scants ,
- ex curse ,
- ex cursed ,
- ex curses ,
- ex cursing ,
- ex-curse ,
- ex-cursed ,
- ex-curses ,
- ex-cursing ,
- excursed ,
- excursing ,
- gat off subject ,
- gat off the subject ,
- gat subject ,
- gat the subject ,
- get off subject ,
- get subject ,
- get the subject ,
- gets off subject ,
- gets off the subject ,
- gets subject ,
- gets the subject ,
- getting off subject ,
- getting off the subject ,
- getting subject ,
- getting the subject ,
- go off tangent ,
- go on tangent ,
- go tangent ,
- goes off on tangent ,
- goes off tangent ,
- goes on tangent ,
- goes tangent ,
- going off on tangent ,
- going off tangent ,
- going on tangent ,
- going tangent ,
- got off subject ,
- got off the subject ,
- got subject ,
- got the subject ,
- gotten off subject ,
- gotten off the subject ,
- gotten subject ,
- gotten the subject ,
- is diffuse ,
- lose thread ,
- loses the thread ,
- loses thread ,
- losing the thread ,
- losing thread ,
- lost the thread ,
- lost thread ,
- pro tract ,
- pro tracts ,
- pro-tract ,
- pro-tracts ,
- rant rave ,
- ranted and rave ,
- ranted rave ,
- ranting and rave ,
- ranting rave ,
- rants and rave ,
- rants rave ,
- rattled on ,
- rattles on ,
- talk off top head ,
- talk top head ,
- talk top of head ,
- talked nonsense ,
- talked off top head ,
- talked off top of head ,
- talked randomly ,
- talked top head ,
- talked top of head ,
- talking nonsense ,
- talking off top head ,
- talking off top of head ,
- talking randomly ,
- talking top head ,
- talking top of head ,
- talks nonsense ,
- talks off top head ,
- talks off top of head ,
- talks randomly ,
- talks top head ,
- talks top of head ,
- was diffuse ,
- wast diffuse ,
- went off on tangent ,
- went off tangent ,
- went on tangent ,
- went tangent ,
- were diffuse ,
- wert diffuse .
Other synonyms:
- applesauce ,
- bilge ,
- bollocks ,
- bunkum ,
- flimflam ,
- gobbledegook ,
- hooey ,
- malarkey ,
- mumbo jumbo ,
- piffle ,
- ravings ,
- salivation ,
- spiel ,
- tripe .
- balderdash ,
- bunk ,
- rigmarole ,
- rubbish ,
- swill .
- stuff .
Other relevant words:
- Blathered ,
- Excurse ,
- Prosing ,
- YAPS ,
- be diffuse ,
- beat around bush ,
- blathering ,
- excurses ,
- get off the subject ,
- go astray ,
- go off on tangent ,
- go on and on ,
- goes astray ,
- going astray ,
- jabber ,
- lose the thread ,
- maunder ,
- prate ,
- ramble ,
- rant and rave ,
- rattle on ,
- rattling on ,
- run off at mouth ,
- talk nonsense ,
- talk off top of head ,
- talk randomly ,
- went astray .
- Trifled ,
- avail of ,
- avail oneself of ,
- avails oneself of ,
- exhaust ,
- expend ,
- finish up ,
- finished up ,
- frivol away ,
- going through ,
- have recourse to ,
- obsessing ,
- profit by ,
- put to use ,
- run out of ,
- wash up ,
- washed up ,
- waste .
- Frothed ,
- Slabbering ,
- froth ,
- frothing ,
- salivate ,
- slabber ,
- slabbers ,
- slaver ,
- slobber ,
- water at the mouth .
- Babblement ,
- Bavardage ,
- Beans ,
- Bibble-babble ,
- Double Dutch ,
- Eructate ,
- Fiddledeedee ,
- Galimatias ,
- Gibbering ,
- Gibble-gabble ,
- Gongorism ,
- Hanky Panky ,
- Humbuggery ,
- Jawing ,
- Palavering ,
- Prating ,
- Puffery ,
- Stultiloquence ,
- Twattle ,
- Twittering ,
- abandon ,
- abracadabra ,
- amphigory ,
- apple sauce ,
- babbling ,
- balls ,
- baloney ,
- be insane ,
- be uncertain ,
- bear ,
- behave ,
- bilgewater ,
- blabber ,
- blah ,
- blarney ,
- blatherskite ,
- blethe ,
- blether ,
- blether orblather ,
- blethering ,
- blither ,
- blow ,
- blunder away ,
- boloney ,
- bombast ,
- bosh ,
- bring ,
- bs ,
- bullshit ,
- bunk bull ,
- burble ,
- bushwa ,
- cackle ,
- capture ,
- carry ,
- cast ,
- cast away ,
- chat ,
- chatter ,
- chattering ,
- chickenshit ,
- chit-chat ,
- clack ,
- clear the throat ,
- cobblers ,
- codswallop ,
- con ,
- consult ,
- consume ,
- convey ,
- corruption ,
- crapola ,
- crock ,
- decay ,
- die ,
- discard ,
- disgorge ,
- dismiss ,
- dither ,
- dotage ,
- dote ,
- dribble ,
- dribbling ,
- drip ,
- drool ,
- drool over ,
- droop ,
- drop ,
- dry ,
- expectorate ,
- expectoration ,
- eyewash ,
- falderal ,
- fiddle ,
- fiddle-faddle ,
- fiddlesticks ,
- filter ,
- flannel ,
- flapdoodle ,
- flummery ,
- foam ,
- folderol ,
- folly ,
- fool around ,
- foolish talk ,
- foolishness ,
- fritter ,
- fudge ,
- fustian ,
- gab ,
- gabbling ,
- gammon ,
- garbage ,
- gas ,
- gibber ,
- gibberish ,
- go on ,
- going on ,
- gook ,
- gossip ,
- greek ,
- guff ,
- gush ,
- hawk ,
- hocus-pocus ,
- hokeypokey ,
- hokum ,
- hoodoo ,
- horse feathers ,
- horsefeathers ,
- horseshit ,
- hot air ,
- hubbub ,
- humbug ,
- jabbering ,
- jabberwocky ,
- jargon ,
- jaw ,
- jazz ,
- jive ,
- line ,
- litter ,
- madness ,
- malarky ,
- maundering ,
- monkey around ,
- moonshine ,
- mouth ,
- mouth-watering ,
- muck ,
- murmur ,
- natter ,
- nerts ,
- nut ,
- nuts ,
- palaver ,
- patter ,
- play the fool ,
- prattle ,
- ptyalism ,
- punk ,
- rage ,
- rant ,
- rattle ,
- rave ,
- razzmatazz ,
- refuse ,
- rigamarole ,
- rodomontade ,
- rot ,
- run ,
- run amok ,
- run mad ,
- run off at the mouth ,
- saliva ,
- scraps ,
- shed ,
- shit ,
- sialagogue ,
- silliness ,
- skimble-skamble ,
- slobber over ,
- slush ,
- song and dance ,
- spew ,
- spit ,
- spittle ,
- splutter ,
- sputter ,
- sputum ,
- squander ,
- stuff and nonsense ,
- stultify oneself ,
- stupidity ,
- take ,
- taradiddle ,
- tarradiddle ,
- tattle ,
- tattling ,
- throw away ,
- tittle-tattle ,
- tommy-rot ,
- tommyrot ,
- tosh ,
- trickle ,
- trifle ,
- trifle away ,
- trivia ,
- trumpery ,
- twaddle ,
- vapor ,
- vaporing ,
- vapour ,
- waffle ,
- waffling ,
- wander ,
- witter ,
- yak ,
- yakety-yak ,
- yap .
- Amphibiology ,
- BSS ,
- Boshes ,
- Fooleries ,
- babble ,
- banana ,
- chit chat ,
- commonplace term ,
- double talk ,
- double-talk ,
- doublespeak ,
- empty talk ,
- foolery ,
- fustians ,
- gobbledygook ,
- gushings ,
- hackneyed term ,
- idioms ,
- idle talk ,
- jives ,
- lexicon ,
- lingo ,
- macaronic ,
- macaronics ,
- mutterings ,
- newspeak ,
- nonsense ,
- overused term ,
- rantings ,
- scribble ,
- senselessness ,
- shoptalk ,
- slanguage ,
- stale language ,
- street talk ,
- trite language ,
- trivial talk .
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How to use "Drivel" in context?
Drivel is the act of speaking nonsense or making commonplace, unenlightened, or thoughtless comments. It is also something trivial, worthless, or unimportant. The verb to talk nonsense or make trivial comments is also called driveling.
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Noun, singular or mass
speculation.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Drivel:
- diervilla, dwarf buffalo, direful, dyirbal, durable, doorbell, dry fly, derivable, dwarf willow, dribble, draw play, drippily.
Hyponym for Drivel:
n.
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communication
message, substance, subject matter, content.
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communication
v.
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salivate.
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