BACKCHAT Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

backchat

noun

ˈbak-ˌchat

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

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Noun

No disrespect to anyone who didn’t make the cut, like Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt.

— Lisa Gutierrez March 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
And no disrespect to the two winners in this category, both fine shorts.

— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026