DRIVEL Synonyms: 163 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of drivel

as in nonsense

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense that critic's reviews are nothing but self-important drivel

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as in babble

unintelligible or meaningless talk my roommate talks in her sleep, but it's just drivel

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drivel

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verb

ˈdri-vəl

as in to drool

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth the panting dog driveled on my hand

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as in to chatter

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly he driveled on about his "distinguished" family for what seemed like hours

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Recent Examples of drivel

Noun

Stop asking the conceptual drivel that any candidate would know. — Nain Abdi, Forbes.com, 3 Feb. 2026 Will anyone please save us from this drivel? — Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026

Verb

In the painting Meaningless, 2003, for example, the words meaningless, senseless, and irrelevant eventually give way to blather, blabber, babble, then to drivel and drool, and, finally, to blah-blah-blah. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025 Gretchen Bender superimposes potent phrases or ideas onto television screens blaring out the usual stream of nonsense, drivel and enticement. — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for drivel

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drivel

Noun

In the eyes of the conferences, and CFP committee, the allure of a postseason bid is the carrot that would dangle in front of them so that fans would look the other way at the nonsense this creates for the football played in September or October.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
My fellow relishers of Trowbridge nonsense, today is our day of jubilee.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of nonsense

Noun

And three, sometimes four, of those many waking hours are spent in the car — bouncing from home to school to her second or third job and home again — with music at full blast to drown out the babble of anxiety, most of it financial.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Companies modelled after Mary Kay that have reprised empowerment babble for their founders’ gain are mentioned but receive scarce judgment.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Definition of babble

Verb

Mix these finds into your work wardrobe or your off-duty ensembles—they’re versatile enough to do it all, and the festive palette is worth drooling over.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2026
There was one of Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookies ground into the carpet, and there was Kelsey Swanson, passed out under the piano and drooling on the parquet.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of drool

Verb

In the novel, likewise, the narrator assumes an almost Homeric guise, comparing current harbor gossip to chatter from the Phoenician, Cretan, Greek, and Roman eras.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Suspended in a pool, holding onto an oxygen mask as her teeth chattered, Julia Wolf began to seriously consider the possibility of hypothermia.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of chatter

Noun

Prosecutors said Aurora was one of seven children, ages 2 months to 17 years, who lived in an east San José house on Lancelot Lane that was filled with cockroaches, pet feces, garbage and mold.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Clean your car full of garbage elsewhere and don’t hold up a line of customers.

— Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of garbage

Noun

The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of prattle

Verb

After between 30 to 45 seconds with Packard in his mouth, the whale had risen to the surface and spat him out, sending him flying through the air in a massive spray that was witnessed by his crewmate and another nearby mariner.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Ziwig’s new Endotest makes diagnosis as easy as spitting into a tube.

— Hannah Singleton, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of spit

Verb

So the two started chatting and wondered if there was a resource where they could get connected to couples having a wedding in their area who needed a seat-filler of sorts.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
The petition, the group chat coordinating the town hall, the livestream of the council vote—all of it runs through the buildings being protested.

— Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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