chitchat

friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this <a bit of chitchat over lunch with people we hadn't seen in a while> Synonyms backchat, cackle, causerie, chatter, chin music, chin-wag [slang], chat, confab, confabulation, gab, gabfest, gossip, jangle, jaw, natter [chiefly British], palaver, patter, rap, schmooze, small talk, table talk, talk, tête-à-têteRelated Words colloquy, conference, discourse, parley, powwow, symposium; debate, dialogue (also dialog), exchange, give-and-take; crosstalk, happy talk; yak (also yack), yammer, yap