Synonyms and Antonyms of colloquy
1
a meeting featuring a group discussion - I attended a colloquy on economic globalization.
conference, council, forum, panel, panel discussion, parley, powwow, round-robin, roundtable, seminar, symposium
colloquium
caucus, town meeting
assembly, conclave, congregation, congress, consistory, convention, convocation, synod
debate, deliberation
brainstorming
chat room, newsgroup
2
an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue - The subject of the spirited colloquy was the disputed authorship of the plays attributed to Shakespeare.
argument, argumentation, back-and-forth, confab, confabulation, conference, consult, consultation, council, counsel, debate, deliberation, dialogue (also dialog), discussion, give-and-take, palaver, parley, talk
bull session, chat room, forum, meeting, powwow, roundtable, seminar, skull session (also skull practice), symposium, talkathon
chat, conversation, rap, words
discourse, disquisition
bargaining, consultancy, negotiation, pourparler
3
talking or a talk between two or more people - a casual colloquy between two old colleagues in the faculty lounge
banter, chaff, cross fire, give-and-take, persiflage, raillery, repartee
conference, parley, powwow
babble, chatter, chitchat, confabulation, gabfest, gossip, palaver, prate, prattle, rap, small talk, table talk
round-robin, roundtable, symposium
debate, deliberation
