prate

prate is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
2. transitive verb. To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.
3. noun. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
4. noun. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

   Synonyms: blether, prattle

5. verb. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

   Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prattle, tattle, twaddle

Synonyms

blether, prattle, blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, tattle, twaddle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in prate:

apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, preta, taper, terap

Common word forms

prated, prater, prates, prating, prateful, pratement

Words from these letters

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