Need another word that means the same as “chat”? Find 38 synonyms and 30 related words for “chat” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Chat” are: chaffer, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit, talk, speak, converse, have a conversation, engage in conversation, tittle-tattle, prattle, jabber, babble, prate, go on, run on, old world chat, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze, conversation, heart-to-heart, tête-à-tête, blether, blather
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chat” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| blather | Long-winded talk with no real substance. All the blather coming out of Washington about crime. |
| blether | Long-winded talk with no real substance. We sat there for two hours having a blether. |
| chatter | The rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine. The starlings constant chatter. |
| confab | A meeting or conference of members of a particular group. The men clustered together for a quick confab. |
| confabulation | A plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered. |
| conversation | A talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged. The two men were deep in conversation. |
| gossip | A conversation about other people an instance of gossiping. He became the subject of much local gossip. |
| heart-to-heart | The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body. |
| old world chat | Past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old. |
| schmoose | An informal conversation. |
| schmooze | A lively and friendly conversation, typically one conducted in order to impress or manipulate others. Jon had a schmooze with a wireless guy. |
| talk | The act of giving a talk to an audience. Peace talks. |
| tête-à-tête | Small sofa that seats two people. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chat” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| babble | Divulge confidential information or secrets. They babbled on about their holiday. |
| chaffer | Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc. I chaffered in the bazaars for objects I wanted. |
| chatter | Cut unevenly with a chattering tool. She was chattering about her holiday. |
| chew the fat | Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth. |
| chit-chat | Talk socially without exchanging too much information. |
| chitchat | Talk socially without exchanging too much information. |
| claver | Talk socially without exchanging too much information. |
| confab | Engage in informal private conversation. Peter was confabbing with a curly haired guy. |
| confabulate | Talk socially without exchanging too much information. She has lapses in attention and concentration—she may be confabulating a little. |
| converse | Carry on a conversation. She was withdrawn and preoccupied hardly able to converse with her mother. |
| engage in conversation | Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in. |
| go on | Make a certain noise or sound. |
| gossip | Engage in gossip. They would start gossiping about her as soon as she left. |
| have a conversation | Organize or be responsible for. |
| jabber | Talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way. He jabbered on about football. |
| jaw | Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth. I was too busy to spend time jawing with the rest of the crew. |
| natter | Talk casually, especially on unimportant matters; chat. They nattered away for hours. |
| prate | Talk foolishly or at tedious length about something. I heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half. |
| prattle | Talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way. She began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist. |
| run on | Progress by being changed. |
| shoot the breeze | Move quickly and violently. |
| speak | Show (someone or something) to be in a particular state or to possess a certain quality. I ll speak to him if he calls. |
| talk | Persuade or cause someone to do something by talking. If you don t oblige me I ll talk. |
| tittle-tattle | Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. |
| visit | Pay a brief visit. He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly. |
| confabulate | Have a conference in order to talk something over. She could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone. |
| conference | Take part in a conference or conference call. I conferenced with a senior analyst at the Congressional Research Service. |
| consult | An act of consulting a professional a consultation. She consulted a large desk diary. |
| contentiousness | An inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious. |
| conversation | A talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged. The two men were deep in conversation. |
| debate | An argument about a particular subject, especially one in which many people are involved. Members of the society debated for five nights. |
| dialog | A conversation between two persons. |
| dialogue | Provide a film or play with a dialogue. Interfaith dialogue. |
| discourse | An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service. An imagined discourse between two people. |
| discuss | Speak with others about something talk something over in detail have a discussion. The class discussed Dante s Inferno. |
| disputation | Debate or argument. The founding father of logical disputation. |
| expansive | Friendly and open and willing to talk. The expansive force of fire. |
| forum | A court or tribunal. We hope these pages act as a forum for debate. |
| garrulous | Full of trivial conversation. A garrulous cab driver. |
| glib | Marked by lack of intellectual depth. A glib tongue. |
| interlocutor | The performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk. |
| interlocutory | Consisting of dialogue. An interlocutory injunction. |
| lengthiness | Amount or degree or range to which something extends. |
| locution | A person’s style of speech. His impeccable locution. |
| loquacious | Full of trivial conversation. Never loquacious Sarah was now totally lost for words. |
| loquacity | The quality of being wordy and talkative. He was renowned for loquacity. |
| recitative | Musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note. Singing in recitative. |
| speak | Utter (a word, message, etc. She refused to speak about the incident. |
| speaker | The presiding officer in a legislative assembly, especially the House of Commons. The speaker at commencement. |
| talk | The act of giving a talk to an audience. Peace talks. |
| talkative | Full of trivial conversation. The talkative driver hadn t stopped chatting. |
| talker | A talkative person. A fast talker with an encyclopedic mind. |
| verbosity | The fact or quality of using more words than needed; wordiness. A critic with a reputation for verbosity. |
| voluble | (of speech) characterized by fluency and readiness of utterance. A voluble game show host. |
| wordy | Consisting of words. Proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes. |
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