Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mumbling

2 senses of mumbling

Sense 1
mumbling -- (indistinct enunciation)
       => enunciation, diction -- (the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience)

Sense 2
mumbling, gumming -- (ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth))
       => chew, chewing, mastication, manduction -- (biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mumble

2 senses of mumble

Sense 1
mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate -- (talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice)
       => talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")

Sense 2
mumble, gum -- (grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food")
       => chew, masticate, manducate, jaw -- (chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass")