CHATTED Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

chatted

verb

past tense of chat

as in talked

to engage in casual or rambling conversation the coffeehouse became the favored place to meet friends and chat for hours

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as in chattered

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly lost in his own world, the toddler chatted happily for hours

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Recent Examples of chatted Many of the players Fleury chatted with during preseason games, though, won’t be counted on often during the regular season. — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 At the end of the night, guests chatted about where the afterparty was, as amfAR eschewed hosting one this year. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 7 Sep. 2026 At one of the first promotional events, Bullock briefly chatted about her time on the Miss Congeniality franchise. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 Newsom, who chatted with lawmakers at the Capitol on Monday in what will be his last regular legislative session as governor, praised Lowenthal and the bill. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 On a quiet Tuesday evening between tastings and live music nights scheduled that week, owner Ingrid Campos, a former executive assistant who’s living a longtime dream of running her own wine bar, chatted about her approach to the shop. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 As Boyd chatted with Miller near the Cubs dugout for further explanation, Counsell, who turned 56 on Friday, got tossed for the fifth time this year, tying his most ejections in a single season during his 12-year managerial career. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 But as the Republican officials pushing to unseat him chatted at the breakfast, Cleaver expressed confidence in his ability to win over his new constituents. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 Co-showrunners Lyle, Nickerson, and Jonathan Lisco chatted about this possibility with EW following the finale. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026

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The voters who crowded into community halls, courthouses and a university lecture hall talked openly about Newsom’s presidential ambitions, even as Democrats try to keep the focus on November’s midterm elections.

— Steve Peoples, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Trump talked to Warsh repeatedly, a report publicly backed by several of his aides.

— Steve Liesman, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of talked

Verb

Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
For a moment, two referees from the Falcons’ seventh training camp practice looked at each other, conversed and truly didn’t know what to rule.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of conversed

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Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital.

— Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026

Definition of drooled

Verb

Sais said the men shouted homophobic and racist slurs before punching him, knocking him to the ground and leaving him with injuries to his face and head.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026
The man called the flight attendant, who is Black, a racial slur and also shouted anti-gay remarks, according to the outlet.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of shouted

Verb

Then in the Super Bowl while New England's offense sputtered, Gonzalez did his best to keep the team in the game with several key pass breakups.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
But back home in the 305, Brady and Earle were never spotted together again, at least in public, and talk of their possible budding situationship sputtered.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026