chatterer

noun

Definition of chatterernext
as in magpie
a person who talks constantly that precocious little boy is a real chatterer

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  1. magpie
  2. gossiper
  3. talker
  4. chatterbox
  5. babbler
  6. conversationalist
Noun
  • Even the New York Times got in on the action, with a profile of the eccentric Sitwell (the charms her magpie, Hecate, are impossible to resist).
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • Over to the corvid family for some intelligence, and the raven gets the nod for its size advantage over the magpie and the jay.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Definition of magpie
Noun
  • Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Definition of gossiper
Noun
  • Winfrey, 72, celebrated the 40th anniversary of her talker just this week in a rare appearance with her longtime partner Stedman Graham.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In The Athletic’s anonymous annual player poll, he has been voted the NFL’s biggest trash talker and most annoying player.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of talker
Noun
  • Gardner-Johnson, the unfiltered chatterbox who frequently livestreams on Twitch, didn’t emerge with insight right away.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Even by politician standards, Giffords was quite the chatterbox.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of chatterbox
Noun
  • Rhinoceros hornbills and Bornean wren-babblers tend to populate the forest canopy above.
    — Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Definition of babbler
Noun
  • Silverblatt was different from one of the other all-time great book conversationalists, Chicago’s Studs Terkel.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • And be a good conversationalist by being curious about others’ lives.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Definition of conversationalist
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“Chatterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatterer. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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