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

When 70,000 people gather in a stadium, something happens that cannot be replicated on a screen, in a chat or through a headset. — Jonathan Mallie, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The Kansas Young Republicans organization disbanded last fall after POLITICO released a trove of racist and derogatory messages exchanged in a group chat between young GOP members in four states. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Verb

While navigating the mixed zone, where player interviews are held following a World Cup match as they’re headed to the team bus, Rice had a Royals cap on his head while chatting with reporters. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

The prior day, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, also chatted with McConnell. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Phrases Containing chat

• chat (with)