CONVERSE Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

converse 1 of 3

noun

ˈkän-ˌvərs

as in conversation

talking or a talk between two or more people ideally, the college classroom should be a place of intellectual converse between student and teacher

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converse

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verb

kən-ˈvərs

as in to chat

to engage in casual or rambling conversation jurors are not allowed to converse while the attorneys go off to one side to confer with the judge

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converse

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adjective

as in reverse

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Noun

Scholars have written reams about negative coercion—threats to use violence or political and economic punishments—but its converse, positive coercion, is no less powerful. —

Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2019 The 90-minute call, which included two interpreters to help her and the subject converse, went well. —

Paresh Dave, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024

Verb

Congolese scientists, Lewis explained, would have had a clearer understanding of the landscape and an ability to converse with its inhabitants. —

Byemmet Livingstone, science.org, 3 Oct. 2024 OpenAI, Google, and others have in recent months all given their models the ability to converse naturally with different human voices. —

Will Knight, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for converse

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