Synonyms for confab
ˈkɒn fæb; kənˈfæb, ˈkɒn fæbcon·fab

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1. chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmooseverb

   an informal conversation

   Synonyms:
   chat, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose

2. chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visitverb

   talk socially without exchanging too much information

   "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

   Synonyms:
   bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, call down, masticate, bring down, huckster, shoot the breeze, twaddle, inspect, consult, impose, take to task, gossip, prattle, call on the carpet, inflict, reproof, manducate, call in, lambaste, palaver, jaw, higgle, claver, tittle-tattle, lambast, maunder, see, haggle, chew out, remonstrate, call, tattle, have words, berate, rebuke, natter, travel to, trounce, visit, dress down, chit-chat, chew up, gibber, click, blab, reprimand, rattle on, piffle, scold, confabulate, confer, chew the fat, dish the dirt, yap away, chew, prate, rag, chat, chatter, yack away, chaffer, lecture, gabble, blabber, clack

3. confer, confabulate, confab, consultverb

   have a conference in order to talk something over

   "We conferred about a plan of action"

   Synonyms:
   natter, confer, chat, chew the fat, jaw, chatter, chit-chat, shoot the breeze, visit, gossip, confabulate, refer, chitchat, consult, confer with, claver, bestow, look up, chaffer

Matched Categories

1. • Converse
   • Discuss

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1. John Kilduff:

   Prices plunged because the OPEC confab ended up being an epic fail on the part of all involved. Russia has clearly decided to employ a scorched earth approach to the oil market: every country for itself.