as in chat
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
had to master the art of the schmooze if she wanted to get ahead in the business
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or shmooze
as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
spent every spare minute of the conference schmoozing with the industry's power players
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Recent Examples of schmooze
Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026
Discussions with friends and groups (especially with younger people) will be positive because your schmooze skills are tops.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 May 2026
Cook’s schmoozing with the Republican president is not without consequence.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Noun
This is a good day to schmooze and share your ideas with others.
—Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026
Discussions with friends and groups (especially with younger people) will be positive because your schmooze skills are tops.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
The onetime Bachelorette villain turned podcaster rocked up to Lawn Club in a perfect garden-party-appropriate light blazer and happily schmoozed with anyone who passed him at the bar.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 May 2026
Cook’s schmoozing with the Republican president is not without consequence.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmooze
Noun
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Copy, paste and edit the square brackets in ChatGPT, and keep the same chat window open so the context carries through.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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In February 2026, Maher resurfaced their feud during a chat with Kimmel’s former The Man Show cohost Adam Carolla.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
Verb
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Robert, talk me through the thinking behind this framing.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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Seconds later, Hines-Allen decided she was done talking and shoved Bonner.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Noun
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In the last year or two, there was chatter and debate whether Messi would actually be selected to join the national team again.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2026
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If circumstances had gone Spain’s way with more clinical finishing or a Cape Verde defender making a mistake, then the result would have been different and a lot of the chatter currently happening (including here) would likely not be happening.—
Patrick Sung Cuadrado,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Verb
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This is because any of various chatbots can induce in us an irresistible sense of our conversing with an actual person.—
Joel Marks,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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Her subjects range from the humming of trees conversing through underground fungi to the iridescent call (invisible to humans) that flowers make to fluttering bees.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
Noun
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With tensions simmering, the two hit the road and find themselves on twisty lanes, in colorful villages, at local pubs, and with handsome men whose gift of the gab is surpassed only by their charm.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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The incident came up during a conversation with guest Jason Bateman, who had complimented Fallon on his gift of the gab after the host appeared on an episode of his Smartless podcast.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Schmooze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmooze. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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