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tête-à-tête

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tête-à-tête

in person and usually privately

  • met tête-à-tête with the student's parents to discuss his disciplinary problems in class
Synonyms of tête-à-tête

face-to-face, personally
Words Related to tête-à-tête

familiarly, intimately

confidentially, secretly

directly, immediately
Phrases Synonymous with tête-à-tête

in private, in secret
Near Antonyms of tête-à-tête

distantly, indirectly

openly, publicly

tête-à-tête

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tête-à-tête

friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this

  • had a quick tête-à-tête with my neighbor before heading off to work
Synonyms of tête-à-tête

backchat, cackle, causerie, chat, chatter, chin music, chin-wag [slang], chitchat, confab, confabulation, gab, gabfest, gossip, jangle, jaw, natter [chiefly British], palaver, patter, rap, schmooze, small talk, table talk, talk
Words Related to tête-à-tête

colloquy, conference, discourse, parley, powwow, symposium

debate, dialogue (also dialog), exchange, give-and-take

crosstalk, happy talk

yak (also yack), yammer, yap

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