WAFFLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for WAFFLE?

Need another word that means the same as “waffle”? Find 32 synonyms and 30 related words for “waffle” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Waffle” are: hesitate, waver, prattle, chatter, babble, ramble, jabber, gibber, gabble, gab, burble, run on, mutter, mumble, prate, drivel, bleat, cackle, jabbering, verbiage, meaningless talk, nonsense, twaddle, gibberish, stuff and nonsense, bunkum, mumbo jumbo, padding, verbosity, prolixity

Waffle as a Noun

Definitions of "Waffle" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “waffle” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing.
• Pancake batter baked in a waffle iron.
• A failure to make up one's mind.

Synonyms of "Waffle" as a noun (14 Words)

bunkum	Nonsense. They talk a lot of bunkum about their products.
drivel	A worthless message. Don t talk such drivel.
gibberish	Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense. He talks gibberish.
jabbering	Rapid and indistinct speech.
meaningless talk	An exchange of ideas via conversation.
mumbo jumbo	Language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion.
nonsense	Ornamental objects of no great value. She s a strong woman who stands no nonsense.
padding	Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort. Avoid waffle or padding in your essay.
prattle	Foolish or inconsequential talk. Do you intend to keep up this childish prattle.
prolixity	Boring verbosity.
stuff and nonsense	Informal terms for personal possessions.
twaddle	Pretentious or silly talk or writing. He dismissed the novel as self indulgent twaddle.
verbiage	Excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing. Use concise military verbiage.
verbosity	An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words. A critic with a reputation for verbosity.

Usage Examples of "Waffle" as a noun

• We've edited out some of the waffle.
• His waffle on abortion.

Waffle as a Verb

Definitions of "Waffle" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “waffle” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Fail to make up one's mind.
• Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.
• Speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner.

Synonyms of "Waffle" as a verb (18 Words)

babble	Utter something rapidly and incoherently. I gasped and stared and babbled Look at this.
bleat	(of a sheep, goat, or calf) make a characteristic weak, wavering cry. The lambs were bleating.
burble	Make a continuous murmuring noise. The air no longer flows smoothly over the wing but burbles and slows down decreasing lift.
cackle	Talk or utter in a cackling manner. The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine.
chatter	Cut unevenly with a chattering tool. The magpies were chattering in the trees.
drivel	Let saliva drivel from the mouth. The nurse leaves you to drivel and never wipes your nose.
gab	Talk at length, typically about trivial matters. It seems they were too busy gabbing about their weekend to actually help a customer.
gabble	Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. He gabbled on in a panicky way until he was dismissed.
gibber	Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. They shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them.
hesitate	Be reluctant to do something. He hesitated to spoil the mood by being inquisitive.
jabber	Talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way. He jabbered on about football.
mumble	Say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear. Sorry she mumbled.
mutter	Say something in a low or barely audible voice, especially in dissatisfaction or irritation. He muttered something under his breath.
prate	Talk foolishly or at tedious length about something. I heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half.
prattle	Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. She began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist.
ramble	Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. Willy rambled on about Norman archways.
run on	Flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run.
waver	Move back and forth very rapidly. The flame wavered in the draught.

Usage Examples of "Waffle" as a verb

• He waffled on about his problems.
• Joseph had been waffling over where to go.

Associations of "Waffle" (30 Words)

bake	A social gathering at which baked food of a specified kind is eaten. Bake a cake.
baked	Intoxicated by drink or drugs, especially cannabis. Baked goods.
batter	Make a dent or impression in. The loss of his baby turned him into a domineering bully who battered his partner.
bread	The bread or wafer used in the Eucharist. A loaf of bread.
breakfast	Provide breakfast for. I often have toast for my breakfast.
burnt	Ruined by overcooking. She served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits.
butter	Spread butter on. Lily buttered a slice of toast.
cake	Baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat. A mouthful of cake.
cooked	(of food or a meal) prepared by heating. A cooked breakfast.
cornbread	Bread made primarily of cornmeal.
crisp	A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat. A crisp autumn day.
crispy	Tender and brittle. Crispy fried bacon.
dessert	A dish served as the last course of a meal. A dessert of chocolate mousse.
doubt	Consider unlikely or have doubts about. I doubt these reports.
falter	Speak haltingly. Her smile faltered and then faded.
fried	Under the influence of alcohol or drugs. A breakfast of fried eggs and bacon.
fry	Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair. Drugs fry the brain.
grill	A dish of grilled food especially meat. Grill the sausages.
hesitate	Be reluctant to do something. One hesitates over publicizing these things.
microwave	Cook or heat in a microwave oven. Microwave radiation.
oven	An enclosed compartment, usually part of a cooker, for cooking and heating food. The sun was beating down on to my little tent and it was like an oven in there.
pancake	With reference to an aircraft make or cause to make a pancake landing. Hurley s car was pancaked.
recipe	Something which is likely to lead to a particular outcome. It would be useless to enumerate all the drugs and recipes for their application which have been tried.
roast	The process of roasting something especially coffee or the result of this. If you waste his time he ll roast you.
sandwich	Something that is constructed like or has the form of a sandwich. The degree includes a sandwich year.
smoked	(used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke. They were hidden behind the smoked glass of their limos.
stove	Treat an object by heating it in a stove in order to apply a desired surface coating. Dinner was already on the stove.
toast	Slices of bread that have been toasted. We were spread out on the grass toasting ourselves one hot day.
toaster	A kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread.
warmed	Having been warmed up. A cup of warmed milk.