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

Nathan is offended and starts going on his usual rant about not tolerating disrespect toward his family.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
What readers are saying The comments express frustration and disappointment over the littering and disrespect shown by visitors to national parks, particularly Yellowstone.

— Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of disrespect

Noun

The show is hosted by Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond, who never fail to bring the laughs as the home bakers succeed, or seize, under pressure.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Oct. 2026
Eisenberg’s film garnered considerable laughs — and applause — from the theater-going crowd at its starry NYFF screening that saw Eisenberg, the cast, producer Emma Stone and even Claire Danes in attendance.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of laugh

Noun

Susi Singer’s figurative candlestick has style and sass that owes at least partly to its earthenware origins, favored at the Werkstätte for its affordability over porcelain, but much less capable of refined shapes.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Played to perfection by Robert Picardo, the Emergency Medical Hologram was programmed to save lives and give sass.

— Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026

Definition of sass

Noun

The meeting came as indirect talks between Washington and Tehran have yet to yield meaningful progress.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The mathematician Ken Ono, who left academia for an AI start-up called Axiom Math, was scheduled to give a talk.

— Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026