BABBLER
Dictionary entry overview: What does babbler mean? • BABBLER (noun)
The noun BABBLER has 2 senses:
1. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
2. any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
Familiarity information: BABBLER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BABBLER (noun)
Meaning:
An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
babbler; chatterer; prater; spouter; chatterbox; magpie
Hypernyms ("babbler" is a kind of...):
speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))
Meaning:
Any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
babbler; cackler
Hypernyms ("babbler" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Holonyms ("babbler" is a member of...):
genus Timalia; Timalia (type genus of the Timaliidae)
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