Antonyms for prattler


Grammar : Noun
Spell : prat-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpræt l


Definition of prattler

Origin :
  • 1530s, frequentative of prate (q.v.). Related: Prattled; prattling. The noun is attested from 1550s.
  • As in gossipmonger : noun gossip
  • As in rumormonger : noun gossip
  • As in scandalmonger : noun gossip
  • As in tabby : noun gossip
  • As in talebearer : noun gossip
  • As in taleteller : noun gossip
  • As in tattler : noun gossip
  • As in gossip : noun person who talks a lot, spreads
Example sentences :
  • I swear that, for a prattler, I deserve to be driven with cudgels from his service by my master!
  • Extract from : « The Cid Campeador » by Antonio de Trueba
  • But she could not explain this to Dot, and Dot was a prattler.
  • Extract from : « The Corner House Girls on a Tour » by Grace Brooks Hill
  • Mr. Prattler (before a portrait of Lady Hamilton by Romney).
  • Extract from : « Voces Populi » by F. Anstey
  • She found the first a prattler, and could not perceive any merit in the second.
  • Extract from : « Voltaire's Romances » by Franois-Marie Arouet
  • It was not up above, in the sunlight, that the Prattler spoke; it was here, in this night of the underworld.
  • Extract from : « The Man With the Black Feather » by Gaston Leroux
  • Pratt′lebox, a prattler; Pratt′lement, prattle; Pratt′ler, one who prattles: a child.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various
  • Happily for Lillie she was not taciturn, but a prattler, and by nature a light-hearted one.
  • Extract from : « Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty » by J. W. de Forest
  • You must become a prattler also, my love, and say many things for me to Henriette—my poor little Henriette!
  • Extract from : « Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette » by Lafayette
  • Was there ever such a prattler as the warm-hearted little brook that ran by the foot of the garden of Woodbine Cottage?
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various

Synonyms for prattler

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