confab

noun

Synonyms of confabnext
confab intransitive verb

Examples of confab in a Sentence

we had a little confab about the merits of the plan after the requisite confab, we got down to business
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Blessed with the easy gift of gab, Eaves makes his radio show feel more like a kitchen confab, casually rotating guests in on the fly and even interviewing some who don’t have microphones. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 2 May 2026 Semafor got an in-depth look at the group’s entire confab, where hundreds of progressive campaigners talked about what worked to motivate anti-Trump voters — and what could win over the people who’d turned on the president. David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026 The New England cannabis convention going on the same day in Boston has more juice than the GOP confab in Worcester. Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026 There were a number of takeaways from last week’s gathering of the world’s economic chieftans in Washington for the spring International Monetary Fund and World Bank confab. Erica Yokoyama, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for confab

Word History

First Known Use

1701, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of confab was in 1701

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“Confab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confab. Accessed 5 May. 2026.

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