BABBLER

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 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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

babbler; chatterbox; chatterer; magpie; prater; spouter

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))

Derivation:

babble (to talk foolishly)

babble (utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way)

Sense 2

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)