Synonyms of converse

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noun

ˈkän-ˌvərs 

as in conversation

talking or a talk between two or more people

ideally, the college classroom should be a place of intellectual converse between student and teacher

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

converse

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verb

kən-ˈvərs 

as in to chat

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

jurors are not allowed to converse while the attorneys go off to one side to confer with the judge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chat
• talk
• chatter
• prate
• discuss
• natter
• rattle
• prattle
• schmooze
• babble
• gab
• gabble
• patter
• kibitz
• jabber
• blab
• rap
• run on
• visit
• jaw
• gossip
• blow smoke
• cackle
• chin
• palaver
• chaffer
• twitter
• shoot the breeze
• talk a blue streak
• chew the fat
• gas
• tattle
• expatiate
• descant
• yap
• yammer
• yak

converse

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adjective

as in reverse

Related Words

• reverse
• inverse
• counter
• dissimilar
• antagonistic
• cross
• unlike
• hostile
• divergent
• obverse
• disparate
• unfavorable
• opposite
• negative
• alien
• antipathetic
• adverse
• contradictory
• unalike
• antithetical
• contrary
• polar
• diametric
• antipodal
• antipodean

Dissimilar Words

• similar
• like
• analogous
• same
• noncontradictory
• identical
• equivalent
• alike
• synonymous

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of converse

Noun

So, Toney and Ulbrich converse and decide what’s best for the defense, and more specifically within Toney’s passing-centric jurisdiction, what’s best for the secondary and back seven in coverage. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

The new hire was Mike Brown, a funny, amiable man, who, at least outwardly, looks to have a converse personality to Thibodeau. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2026

Verb

Mexican security forces, both military and police, were also observed conversing with Border Patrol agents over the international boundary. — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026

This was already noticed long before the emergence of AI chatbots with the power to converse. — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing converse

• converse (with)