palavered

verb

past tense of palaver
1
as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation mothers palavering and drinking coffee while watching their children play

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2
as in coaxed
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery I let the salesclerk at the electronics store palaver me into a service contract that I didn't need

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palavered
  1. chatted
  2. coaxed
  3. talked
  4. conversed
Verb
  • Burke talked about food, read viewer comments, and occasionally chatted with the girl next to him.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • On the pod, Thiele has chatted with big names like Kendall Jenner, Connor Storrie and Hailey Bieber.
    — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • And then Gabler coaxed the snails to produce each of their five slimes.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The audience was delighted to be coaxed, delighted to hear from Goldberg herself.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of coaxed
Verb
  • Merzel tossed him and Sale said something to crew chief Dan Bellino as the two talked near the dugout rail.
    — Larry Fleisher, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The latest venture from Soho House founder Nick Jones, the restaurant has quickly become one of the area’s most talked-about new openings, so reservations are recommended.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of talked
Verb
  • 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
  • But today’s linguistic diversity may be only the shadow of a time when humans conversed in 10 times as many tongues.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
Definition of conversed
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“Palavered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palavered. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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