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Synonyms of chat
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
- short chats between parents and teachers during the school's open house
Synonyms for chat
- backchat,
- cackle,
- causerie,
- chatter,
- chin music,
- chin-wag
- [slang],
- chitchat,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- gab,
- gabfest,
- gossip,
- jangle,
- jaw,
- natter
- [chiefly British],
- palaver,
- patter,
- rap,
- schmooze,
- small talk,
- table talk,
- talk,
- tête-à-tête
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2
talking or a talk between two or more people
- a fireside chat between two of America's foremost men of letters
Synonyms for chat
- colloquy,
- conversation,
- converse,
- dialogue
- (also dialog),
- discourse,
- discussion,
- exchange
Words Related to chat
- conference,
- parley,
- powwow
- [informal, now offensive]
- babble,
- chatter,
- chin-wag
- [slang],
- chitchat,
- confabulation,
- gabfest,
- gossip,
- natter
- [chiefly British],
- palaver,
- prate,
- prattle,
- rap,
- small talk,
- table talk
chat
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of chat (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
- the coffeehouse became the favored place to meet friends and chat for hours
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2
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
- lost in his own world, the toddler chatted happily for hours
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