| Main Entry: | small talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chit-chat |
Synonyms: |
babble, beauty-parlor chitchat, blab, blather, casual conversation, chat, chatter, chitchat, chitchat, conversation, gab, gossip, idle chat, idle chatter, idle talk, jabber, light talk, pleasantry, polite remark, prattle, rumors, table talk, trivial conversation, yakking |
| Main Entry: | banter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | teasing |
Synonyms: |
badinage, chaff, chaffing, chitchat, derision, dissing, exchange, fun, gossip, jeering, jesting, joking, joshing, kidding, mockery, persiflage, play, raillery, repartee, ribbing, ridicule, small talk |
| Main Entry: | dialogue/dialog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk, exchange of ideas |
Synonyms: |
chat, colloquy, communication, confab, confabulation, conference, conversation, converse, discourse, discussion, duologue, interlocution, lines, parlance, parley, powwow, remarks, repartee, script, sides, small talk |
| Main Entry: | gab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversation |
Synonyms: |
blab, blather, chat, chitchat, gossip, idle talk, loquacity, palaver*, prattle, small talk, talk, tongue-wagging, tête-à-tête, yak, yakkety-yak |
Antonyms: |
silence |
| Main Entry: | gossip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk about others; rumor |
Synonyms: |
account, babble, back-fence talk, blather, blether, buzz*, calumny, chatter, chitchat, chronicle, clothesline, conversation, cry, defamation, dirty laundry, dirty linen, dirty wash, earful, grapevine, hearsay, idle talk, injury, malicious talk, meddling, news, prate, prattle, report, scandal, scuttlebutt, slander, small talk, story, tale, talk, whispering campaign, wire |
Antonyms: |
fact |
| Main Entry: | prattle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | babble |
Synonyms: |
blubbering, burble, chatter, chit-chat, drivel, gab, gabble, gibberish, gossip, hot air, idle talk, jabber, jabbering, jargon, murmur, ranting, small talk, tattling, trivial talk, twaddle |
| Main Entry: | report |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip, talk |
Synonyms: |
advice, blow by blow, buzz*, canard, chat, chatter, chitchat, comment, conversation, cry*, dirt*, earful, grapevine, hash, hearsay, intelligence, murmur, news, prating, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, small talk, speech, tattle, the latest, tidings, whispering, word* |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
Synonyms: |
allusion, badinage, banter, blather, bombast, bunk, buzz*, cant, chat, chatter, chitchat, conversation, cry, gab, grapevine, hearsay, hint, hot air, idle talk, innuendo, insinuation, jaw, jive, lip, noise, nonsense*, palaver, persiflage, prose, racket, raillery, report, rot*, rubbish*, rumble*, rumor, scuttlebutt, small talk, trash*, tête-è-tête, yarn |
| Main Entry: | chitchat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informal talk |
Synonyms: |
conversation, gossip, prattle, small talk, talk |
| 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 |