BACKCHAT Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

backchat

noun

ˈbak-ˌchat

Definition of backchat

as in disrespect

disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request there'll be no backchat from you, young lady

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as in chat

friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this bored with the usual backchat with which people whiled away the lunch hour

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as in banter

good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks outsiders sometimes mistook their constant backchat for spiteful bickering

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Recent Examples of backchat India, a team whose 12-year-old unbeaten home record has just been dismantled by New Zealand, taunted them with superior skills and in-your-face backchat. — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. — Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020

Recent Examples of Synonyms for backchat

Noun

No disrespect to Meredith Marks, of course, but this Bravo DJ epidemic has gotten out of control.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 July 2026
Managers frequently mistake flexibility for a weak work ethic, mental health discussions for fragility, transparency for disrespect, and feedback requests for neediness.

— Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of disrespect

Noun

Attorney Magdalena Gebhard, who represented a victim in a previous Berlin trial that led to a conviction, said there was an inner circle of eight perpetrators but that some of the chat groups had up to 50,000 members.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
This comes on the heels of iOS 27 beta 2, which added a dedicated Write with Siri button on the keyboard, an Insights feature in Apple Wallet, updates to iPhone-to-Android RCS chats, and more.

— Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026

Definition of chat

Noun

The chemistry between the two leads is astounding, with both men encouraged to improvise during filming to make their banter feel authentic.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
Bird and Morgan also appear in the special, which uses light banter and commentary to help viewers understand the athletes’ impact and achievements.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 July 2026

Definition of banter

Noun

Emmys season is about ot begin, and with it, a slew of contenders destined for nominations and memorialization by way of snubs chatter.

— Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
There is a lot of chatter out there on the interwebs about who will and won’t be in the house for Big Brother season 28.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026

Definition of chatter

Noun

At Balenciaga, where Pierpaolo Piccioli made his debut with bubble silhouettes that reference an iconic dress by the house founder and chez Jean Paul Gaultier, Duran Lantink had the last laugh—as an enfant terrible is wont to do.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 10 July 2026
There are genuine laughs sprinkled in but too many elements land with a thud — including an excessive amount of comedic gore that grows tiresome and a mailman/narrator gag that just isn’t funny.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Definition of laugh

Noun

The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Tell her about the long, unwelcome chats, the bullying and the rudeness.

— Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 25 June 2026