Synonyms of chat

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noun

1

as in talk

friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this

short chats between parents and teachers during the school's open house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talk
• chatter
• gossip
• chitchat
• gab
• small talk
• natter
• schmooze
• table talk
• debate
• dialogue
• gabfest
• jaw
• conference
• tête-à-tête
• chin-wag
• chin music
• discourse
• causerie
• confab
• exchange
• palaver
• cackle
• confabulation
• symposium
• patter
• jangle
• rap
• backchat
• parley
• colloquy
• yak
• happy talk
• yammer
• yap
• give-and-take
• cross talk

2

as in conversation

talking or a talk between two or more people

a fireside chat between two of America's foremost men of letters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conversation
• converse
• discussion
• exchange
• discourse
• dialogue
• banter
• colloquy
• debate
• chitchat
• small talk
• natter
• chatter
• cross fire
• babble
• prattle
• raillery
• table talk
• repartee
• chaff
• roundtable
• persiflage
• conference
• symposium
• parley
• prate
• chin-wag
• gossip
• round-robin
• gabfest
• give-and-take
• palaver
• confabulation
• rap
• deliberation

chat

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verb

ˈchat 

1

as in to talk

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

the coffeehouse became the favored place to meet friends and chat for hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talk
• converse
• chatter
• discuss
• natter
• rattle
• schmooze
• gab
• visit
• jabber
• kibitz
• blab
• babble
• prate
• prattle
• gossip
• run on
• twitter
• rap
• gabble
• jaw
• patter
• blow smoke
• cackle
• palaver
• chin
• gas
• shoot the breeze
• chew the fat
• talk a blue streak
• chaffer
• tattle
• expatiate
• yap
• yak
• descant
• yammer

2

as in to chatter

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

lost in his own world, the toddler chatted happily for hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatter
• shout
• jabber
• drool
• babble
• prattle
• gibber
• gabble
• sputter
• mutter
• rattle
• mumble
• stutter
• drivel
• gab
• bumble
• troll
• shriek
• blather
• blabber
• prate
• yak
• blither
• smatter
• run on
• patter
• stammer
• mouth
• jaw
• screech
• murmur
• bleat
• chunter
• tittle-tattle
• jangle
• maunder

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• articulate
• pronounce
• enunciate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chat

Noun

This isn’t the first time AI sharing features made chats more public than intended, as conversations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and xAI’s Grok have wound up on Google Search. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026

So your group chat has been begging you to host the next big viewing night, and your bank account is giving you side-eye. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Verb

Connor Storrie was chatting it up near the outdoor bar, while Cameli linked up with his co-star Stephen Kalyn. — Kelsey Stewart, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2026

The bulk of the population actually engages in a rather high volume of daily digital reading--captions, emails, text and chat messages, news feeds, search results, etc. — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing chat

• chat (with)