Synonyms for conversation
Most common
talk discussion chat dialogue AU interview communication criminal conversation pow-wow
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Talk — expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or…
talk, chat, dialogue AU, dialog US, discussion, discourse, banter, table talk, colloquy formal, intercourse formal, converse formal, language, visit, confabulation, chin wag, interlocution rare
2. Commerce — sexual intercourse
connection, commerce dated, congress dated
3. Understanding — engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc
Definitions
- n. 1
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
You need to improve conversation in foreign languages.
- n. 2
Sexual intercourse.
- n. 3
Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
So grosse is our conuersation, and dull is our apprehension: while mortall Sense, in vs, ruleth the common wealth of our litle world.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- conversations → talks, chats, dialogues, discussions…
Choose the right word
Conversation (Latin con, with) is, etymologically, an interchange of ideas with some other person or persons. Many brilliant talkers have been incapable of conversation.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- talk You shouldn't talk back to your parents like that.
- discussion A discussion of the proposal seems to be in order.
- chat Ziri and Rima continued to chat about their lives.
- dialogue The mystery contains more dialogue than narrative.
- interview I'm going to Boston next week for a job interview.
- communication Sami and Layla's communication is church business.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| conversation | rising | |
| talk | rising | |
| discussion | steady | |
| chat | rising | |
| dialogue | rising | |
| interview | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- talk1, chat1
- 5 letters
- visit2
- 6 letters
- dialog3, banter2
- 8 letters
- language2, congress2, commerce2, dialogue3, converse2, parlance2, colloquy3
- 9 letters
- interview3, discourse2, communion3
- 10 letters
- connection3, discussion3
- 11 letters
- intercourse3, familiarity5
- 13 letters
- understanding4, communication5, confabulation5, interlocution
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (visit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- conversation
- Italiano
- conversazione
- Español
- conversación
- Deutsch
- Gespräch
- Català
- conversa