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

With Apatow at the helm, the chat took some comical turns, as might be expected, and also some unusually revealing ones, as Apatow getting McCartney to loosen up provided some real personal asides as well as screwball dialogue. — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Tired of Luann’s antics already, Porsha chats with the other women during it, and Luann doesn’t just yell at her from the stage but walks into the crowd to scold her face-to-face into the microphone. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

Verb

Mahmoud can spend time with his friends chatting about the Hulk, Spider-Man, and why Ronaldo went to play in Saudi Arabia. — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026

Downstairs Jafa was standing in the middle of his own show, chatting with Gioni. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing chat

• chat (with)