| Main Entry: | parley |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | negotiation |
Synonyms: |
confab, conference, consult, conversation, debate, discussion, huddle, palaver, talk |
| Notes: | parlay means to use one gain to make another; parley is to discuss (or as a noun, conference or discussion) |
| Main Entry: | arbitrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve settlement |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, adjudicate, adjust, bring to terms, come to school, come to terms, conciliate, decide, determine, hammer out a deal, interpose, intervene, judge, make a deal, mediate, meet halfway, negotiate, parley, pass judgment, placate, play ball, reconcile, referee, settle, smooth, soothe, step in, straighten out, strike happy medium, trade off, umpire, work out a deal |
Antonyms: |
let ride |
| Main Entry: | caucus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group gathered to make decision |
Synonyms: |
assembly, conclave, convention, council, gathering, get-together, meeting, parley, session |
| Main Entry: | colloquy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversation, debate |
Synonyms: |
buzz session, chat, chinfest, chitchat, clambake, colloquium, confab, confabulation, conference, converse, dialogue, discourse, discussion, flap, gab fest, gam, groupthink, huddle, palaver, parley, powwow, rap session, rap, seminar, talk, talkfest |
| Main Entry: | commune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate, experience with another |
Synonyms: |
confer, confide in, contemplate, converse, discourse, discuss, mediate, muse, parley, ponder, reflect |
| Main Entry: | conclave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret meeting |
Synonyms: |
assembly, buzz session, cabinet, confab, conference, council, encounter, gathering, get-together, huddle, meet, parley, powwow, private meeting, session |
| Main Entry: | confer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, deliberate |
Synonyms: |
advise, argue, bargain, blitz*, brainstorm*, breeze*, collogue, confab, confabulate, consult, converse, deal, debate, discourse, flap, gab, get heads together, give meeting, groupthink, huddle, jaw, kick ideas around, negotiate, parley, pick one's brain, powwow, speak, talk, toss ideas around, treat |
| Main Entry: | conference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convention, colloquium |
Synonyms: |
appointment, argument, chat, colloquy, confabulation, conferring, congress, consultation, conversation, convocation, deliberation, discussion, forum, gabfest, groupthink, huddle, interchange, interview, meeting, palaver, parley, powwow, round robin, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, think-in, ventilation |
| Main Entry: | conversation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue, discourse |
Synonyms: |
chat, colloquy, comment, communication, communion, confab, confabulation, conference, consultation, converse, debate, discussion, exchange, expression, gab, gossip, hearing, intercourse, jive, observation, palaver, parley, pillow talk, powwow, questioning, remark, repartee, speech, talk, talkfest, tète-à-tète, ventilation, visit, yak |
Antonyms: |
quiet, quietude, silence |
| Main Entry: | converse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk |
Synonyms: |
chat, chew the fat, chitchat, commune, confer, discourse, exchange, gab, parley, rap, schmooze, speak, use, yak |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, be silent |