| Main Entry: | rap session |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
Synonyms: |
appointment, argument, chat, colloquium, 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: | chat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk, often short |
Synonyms: |
babble, bull session, chatter, conversation, converse, gab, gas*, gossip, heart-to-heart, hot air, jabber, palaver, prattle*, rap session, rap, tête-à-tête, visit, yak |
Antonyms: |
quiet, silence |
| 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: | seminar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
Synonyms: |
convention, discussion, forum, group discussion, meeting, open discussion, palaver, powwow, rap session, round table, symposium, workshop |
| Notes: | a seminary is a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis; a seminar is any meeting or conference for an exchange of ideas or a course offered for a small group of advanced students |
| Main Entry: | symposium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
Synonyms: |
colloquium, convention, discussion, discussion group, forum, gabfest, huddle, meeting, panel discussion, parley, powwow, rap session, round table, seminar, talk |
| Main Entry: | bull session |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informal discussion |
Synonyms: |
chin fest, chinwag, confab, gabfest, rap session, talk fest |
| Main Entry: | dialogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk |
Synonyms: |
chat, colloquy, communication, confab, confabulation, conference, conversation, converse, dialog, discourse, discussion, duologue, exchange, flap, interlocution, lines, parlance, parley, powwow, rap, rap session, remarks, repartee, script, sides, small talk |
Antonyms: |
monologue, soliloquy |