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Synonyms for confabulate

Most common

visit chat chatter chit-chat fabricate

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Chat — to speak casually with; to chat

chat, converse formal, confab informal, talk, visit, jaw informal, gossip, discourse formal, chew the fat informal, chatter, chit-chat, parlay, natter, claver UK, chaffer, prattle, palaver, prate, shoot the breeze slang US

2. Consult

consult, confer

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To speak casually with; to chat.

  2. v. 2

    To confer.

Related words

Word family
confab

Forms

Past participle
confabulated
e.g. confabulated → chatted, conversed, confabbed, talked…

Example sentences

  • visit The purpose of our trip is to visit a new factory.
  • chat Ziri and Rima continued to chat about their lives.
  • chatter She finds comfort in silence rather than chatter.
  • fabricate Some like to fabricate distinctions between a lady and a woman.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
confabulaterising
visitrising
chatrising
chatterrising
fabricatesteady

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

By length

3 letters
jaw1
4 letters
talk1, chat1
5 letters
visit2, prate
6 letters
gossip2, confer2, parlay2, natter2, confab, claver
7 letters
consult2, chatter2, prattle2, palaver, chaffer
8 letters
converse2
9 letters
discourse2, fabricate3

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

In other languages

Français
fabuler
Deutsch
fabeln