BABEL meaning: Confusion of voices, languages; chaos

We found 39 dictionaries that define the word babel:

General (28 matching dictionaries)

Babel, babel: Merriam-Webster
Babel, babel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Babel, babel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Babel: Collins English Dictionary
Babel, babel: Vocabulary.com
Babel, babel: Wordnik
babel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Babel, babel: Wiktionary
Babel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
Babel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
Babel: Infoplease Dictionary
Babel, babel: Dictionary.com
Babel: Online Etymology Dictionary
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Babel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
babel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
babel: Rhymezone
Babel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
babel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Babel: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
Babel: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
babel: FreeDictionary.org
babel: Mnemonic Dictionary
Babel: TheFreeDictionary.com
babel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Babel: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

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babel: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)

BABEL: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
Babel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

BABEL: Acronym Finder
babel: A Word A Day

Religion (1 matching dictionary)

Babel: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

babel: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (biblical) The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.
▸ noun:  A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.
▸ noun:  A place or scene of noise and confusion.
▸ noun:  A tall, looming structure.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of Babel [(biblical) The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.]

Opposite:

clarity, coherence, lucidity

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confusion, misunderstanding, frustration, dissension, more...

Phrases:

babel tower, isaak babel, Tower of Babel, babel tower of, The Library of Babel, more...

Adjectives:

perfect, great, veritable, modern, confused, such, new, very, second, general, mere

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gold, silver, bronze, azure, crimson, more...

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