Synonyms for converse
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Verb
1. Chat — to talk; to engage in conversation
speak, chat, discourse formal, talk, conversation, confer, convo informal, confab informal, confabulate, conversate, chatter, colloquy rare
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Definitions
- v. 1
To talk; to engage in conversation.
Related words
- Word family
- conversable conversancy conversation conversely
- Phrases
- converse antonym
- Is a kind of
- speak
Forms
- Past participle
- conversed
e.g. conversed → chatted, discoursed, talked, conversationed…
Example sentences
- conversation Politics was the main topic of their conversation.
- chat Ziri and Rima continued to chat about their lives.
- confer You should confer with your attorney on this matter.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| converse | steady | |
| conversation | rising | |
| chat | rising | |
| confer | falling | |
| confabulate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- talk1, chat1
- 5 letters
- speak1, convo
- 6 letters
- confer2, parlay2, confab
- 7 letters
- chatter2
- 8 letters
- commerce2, colloquy3
- 9 letters
- discourse2
- 10 letters
- conversate
- 11 letters
- intercourse3, confabulate
- 12 letters
- conversation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (confer2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- converser
- Italiano
- conversare