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discussion - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | discussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk with another |
| Synonyms: | altercation, analysis, argument, canvass, colloquy, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow*, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, argumentation, confabulation, excursus, groupthink, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | briefing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation by informing of facts |
| Synonyms: | conference, discussion, guidance, information, initiation, instruction, meeting, preamble, rundown, update, background meeting, directions, priming |
| Main Entry: | colloquy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversation, debate |
| Synonyms: | chat, chitchat, conference, converse, dialogue, discourse, discussion, flap*, huddle*, palaver, parley, powwow*, rap*, seminar, talk, buzz session, chinfest, clambake, colloquium, confab, confabulation, gab fest, gam, groupthink, rap session, talkfest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement of opinion; explanation |
| Synonyms: | animadversion, annotation, backtalk*, buzz*, comeback*, commentary, crack*, criticism, dictum, discussion, editorial, elucidation, exposition, footnote, gloss, hearsay, illustration, input, judgment, mention, mouthful, note, obiter, observation, opinion, remark, report, review, two cents' worth, wisecrack* |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consultation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking, conference |
| Synonyms: | appointment, argument, conference, council, deliberation, dialogue, discussion, examination, hearing, huddle, interview, meeting, powwow*, session, buzz session, clambake, confab, groupthink, second opinion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | controversy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debate, dispute |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, beef*, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, embroilment, falling-out*, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff*, words, wrangle, bickering, dissention, polemic, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conversation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue, discourse |
| Synonyms: | chat, colloquy, comment, communication, communion, conference, consultation, converse, debate, discussion, exchange, expression, gab*, gossip, hearing, intercourse, observation, palaver, parley, powwow*, questioning, remark, repartee, speech, talk, ventilation, visit, yak*, confab, confabulation, jive*, pillow talk, talkfest, tète-à-tète |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence, quietude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dialectic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logic, reasoning |
| Synonyms: | contention, debate, deduction, discussion, disputation, forensic, persuasion, argumentation, logical argument, mooting, polemics, question-and-answer method, ratiocination |
| Notes: | a dialect is geographical or social variety of speech, whereas dialectic is a form of reasoning or argumentation that focuses on resolving contradictions |
| Main Entry: | dialogue/dialog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk, exchange of ideas |
| Synonyms: | chat, colloquy, communication, conference, conversation, converse, discourse, discussion, parlance, parley, powwow, repartee, script, small talk*, confab, confabulation, duologue, interlocution, lines, remarks, sides |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue; dissertation |
| Synonyms: | address, article, chat, communication, conversation, converse, descant, discussion, disquisition, essay, homily, huddle, lecture, memoir, monograph, monologue, oration, paper, rhetoric, sermon, speaking, speech, talk, thesis, treatise, utterance, gabfest, tractate, verbalization |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | dispute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef*, bone of contention*, brawl, broil, brouhaha, commotion, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discussion, dissension, disturbance, embroilment, falling-out, feud, fireworks*, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, rumpus*, squabble, squall, strife, tiff, uproar, variance, words, wrangle, bickering, polemic |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | huddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, crowd, often disorganized |
| Synonyms: | bunch, chaos, cluster, clutter, conference, confusion, disarray, discussion, disorder, gathering, group, heap, jumble, mass, meeting, mess*, muddle, confab |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | literature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written matter, both fictional and nonfictional |
| Synonyms: | abstract, article, biography, brochure, comment, composition, critique, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, drama, essay, exposition, history, humanities, information, leaflet, lit, lore, novel, observation, pamphlet, paper, poetry, précis, prose, report, research, story, summary, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, treatment, belles-lettres, books, classics, findings, letters, literary works, writings, written work |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| Main Entry: | negotiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bargaining |
| Synonyms: | agreement, arbitration, colloquy, compromise, conference, consultation, debate, diplomacy, discussion, intervention, mediation, meeting, transaction |
| Main Entry: | recitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reading to audience |
| Synonyms: | address, appeal, delivery, discourse, discussion, exercise, lecture, monologue, narration, oration, passage, performance, piece, proclamation, recital, rehearsal, report, selection, speaking, talk, telling, declaiming, discoursing, holding forth, narrating, playing, recounting, rendering, soliloquizing |
| Main Entry: | seminar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
| Synonyms: | convention, discussion, forum, meeting, palaver, powwow*, round table, symposium, workshop, group discussion, open discussion, rap session |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | session |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meeting, gathering |
| Synonyms: | affair, assembly, concourse, conference, discussion, get-together, hearing, huddle, jam session*, meet, period, showdown, sitting, term |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | symposium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
| Synonyms: | convention, discussion, forum, huddle, meeting, parley, powwow, round table, seminar, talk, colloquium, discussion group, gabfest, panel discussion, rap session |
| Main Entry: | tête-è-tête |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversation |
| Synonyms: | chat, colloquy, consultation, dialogue, discussion, exchange, heart-to-heart talk, powwow*, talk, confabulation, confidential discussion, cozy chat, face-to-face talk, fireside chat, friendly chat, intimate discussion, one-on-one talk, pillow talk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | treatise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written study of a subject |
| Synonyms: | argument, book, commentary, composition, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, pamphlet, paper, review, script, thesis, tract, work, writing, tractate |
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