Thesaurus results for PATTER

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noun

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as in chatter

friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this their patter could be heard down the hall

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as in terminology

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field the patter of highbrow criticism that one hears in fashionable art galleries

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patter

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verb

ˈpa-tər

as in to chat

to engage in casual or rambling conversation the toddler pattered on for what seemed like hours

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Recent Examples of patter

Noun

Whether for sleep, study or decompression after a long day, millions of viewers are finding that the gentle patter of rain on a tent is enough. —

Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026 Water, however, doesn’t follow this patter. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026

Verb

As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door. —

Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025 The rain was pattering on the windowpanes all night. —

Philip Metres july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for patter

Recent Examples of Synonyms for patter

Noun

Much of the chatter seems to be more about the desperation to complete a first double over Liverpool in a decade.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Despite a L’Oréal sponsorship this time around, there isn’t much makeup chatter in The Devil Wears Prada 2, either—though Hathaway’s near-identical face at 43 is an aesthetic triumph.

— Faran Krentcil, Allure, 4 May 2026