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Synonyms for confab

25 synonyms
3 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

gossip chatter chit-chat natter

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Chat

chat, talk, chatter, discourse formal, chit-chat, natter, gossip, visit, converse formal, chew the fat informal, treat, jaw informal, confabulate, convo informal, claver UK, chaffer, palaver, shoot the breeze slang US

2. Confer

confer, consult

Other

Noun

1. Confabulation

confabulation, schmooze

Other

chin wag, conflab informal UK

Forms

Plural: confabs → confabulations, schmoozes, conflabs…
Past participle: confabbed
e.g. confabbed → chatted, talked, chattered, discoursed…

Example sentences

gossip He has been a gossip columnist for nine years now.
chatter She finds comfort in silence rather than chatter.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
confab		rising
gossip		rising
chatter		rising
natter		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: jaw¹
4 letters: talk¹, chat¹
5 letters: visit², treat¹, convo
6 letters: gossip², confer², parlay², natter², claver
7 letters: consult², chatter², palaver, chaffer, conflab
8 letters: converse², schmooze¹
9 letters: discourse²
11 letters: confabulate
13 letters: confabulation⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (visit² = 2 syllables).