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Babbling

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Broader term 2

Gibber 76% connected

A balky horse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Gibberish 76% connected

Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Babble 74% connected

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Babble 74% connected

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Babble 92% connected

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lallation 92% connected

An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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