Synonyms of colloquy

colloquy

noun

ˈkä-lə-kwē 

1

as in symposium

a meeting featuring a group discussion

attended a colloquy on economic globalization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• symposium
• seminar
• conference
• panel
• forum
• panel discussion
• roundtable
• debate
• parley
• council
• round-robin
• convention
• caucus
• colloquium
• synod
• conclave
• town meeting
• deliberation
• convocation
• congregation
• assembly
• congress
• consistory
• brainstorming
• newsgroup
• chat room

2

as in discussion

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discussion
• debate
• consultation
• consult
• conversation
• dialogue
• talk
• conference
• meeting
• argumentation
• deliberation
• argument
• back-and-forth
• counsel
• symposium
• give-and-take
• confabulation
• parley
• palaver
• confab
• seminar
• forum
• council
• discourse
• consultancy
• argy-bargy
• roundtable
• chat
• negotiation
• disquisition
• chat room
• talkathon
• bull session
• bargaining
• skull session
• rap
• words
• pourparler

3

as in conversation

talking or a talk between two or more people

a casual colloquy between two old colleagues in the faculty lounge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conversation
• discussion
• converse
• discourse
• exchange
• dialogue
• chat
• debate
• banter
• raillery
• persiflage
• symposium
• repartee
• chitchat
• prattle
• babble
• cross fire
• roundtable
• conference
• chatter
• give-and-take
• small talk
• chaff
• parley
• table talk
• gabfest
• prate
• confabulation
• round-robin
• palaver
• natter
• deliberation
• chin-wag
• gossip
• rap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of colloquy

Beyond the practical challenges lies a deeper, more existential question—one that has echoed through colloquies of faculty athletic reps in league meetings this month: Is the job still worth having if it’s excluded from determining the new governance of college sports? —Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025

There is nothing analytical about Jackiw and Denk’s rendition, which translates all those formal intricacies into an infectious colloquy of voices. —Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

State of play: The concrete barriers guarding the steep switchbacks above Wasatch Mountain State Park now display a colloquy of pro- and anti-Trump graffiti. —Erin Alberty, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024

These artist combinations – or colloquies, as Viveros-Fauné calls them – are especially effective at Stelo Arts and Parallax Art Center. —Briana Miller | , oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023

Charlie and Joanie’s colloquy in the thoroughfare is also a mutual reassurance that the other’s dream has value. —Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021

While there is inevitably a performative dimension to the colloquy between these two figures who have spent so many years on the public stage, Obama and Springsteen are also both deeply introspective. —BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2021

Milius concentrates on conservative patriots, yet her colloquy of all those involved in creating or fighting the coup highlights the varied countenances, plus their camera-ready expressions, that reveal an unexpectedly broad, adversarial America. —Armond White, National Review, 9 Dec. 2020

And the superb Baryshnikov somehow turns his body to stone, ending the colloquy. —Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020

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