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Synonyms for conversation
ˌkɒn vərˈseɪ ʃəncon·ver·sa·tion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 8 votes

  1. conversation

    Conversation (Latin con, with) is, etymologically, an interchange of ideas with some other person or persons. Talk may be wholly one-sided. Many brilliant talkers have been incapable of conversation. There may be intercourse without conversation, as by looks, signs, etc.; communion is of hearts, with or without words; communication is often by writing, and may be uninvited and unreciprocated. Talk may denote the mere utterance of words with little thought; thus, we say idle talk, empty talk, rather than idle or empty conversation. Discourse is now applied chiefly to public addresses. A conference is more formal than a conversation. Dialog denotes ordinarily an artificial or imaginary conversation, generally of two persons, but sometimes of more. A colloquy is indefinite as to number, and generally somewhat informal. Compare BEHAVIOR.

    Synonyms:
    chat, colloquy, communication, communion, confabulation, conference, converse, dialogue, discourse, intercourse, parley, talk

    Preposition:
    Conversation with friends; between or among the guests; about a matter.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.2 / 5 votes

  1. conversation

    Synonyms:
    converse, dialogue, talk, conference, colloquy, confabulation, chat

    Antonyms:
    speech, oration, harangue, babel, jabber, babble, prattle, dribble, mutter, soliloquy, apostrophe, monologue, interpellation, interruption, silence, taciturnity

Princeton's WordNet

  1. conversationnoun

    the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. discussion

    to talk about

    Submitted by acronimous on January 19, 2014  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. conversationnoun

    Synonyms:
    converse, talk, colloquy, parley, conference, dialogue, chat, CONFABULATION, familiar discourse

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.5 / 2 votes

  1. conversationnoun

    Synonyms:
    converse, colloquy, parlance, parley, interlocution, chat, causerie, conference, confabulation, interview

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "conversation":

    chat, talk, discussion, conversations, talking, dialogue

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How to use conversation in a sentence?

  1. Michael Oakeshott:

    As civilized human beings, we are the inheritors, neither of an inquiry about ourselves and the world, nor of an accumulating body of information, but of a conversation, begun in the primeval forests and extended and made more articulate in the course of centuries. It is a conversation which goes on both in public and within each of ourselves.

  2. Tom Blair:

    Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, "there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it." A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.

  3. Tom Blair:

    Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.

  4. Matt Damon:

    My comments were part of a much broader conversation about diversity in Hollywood and the fundamental nature of 'Project Greenlight' which did not make the show, i am sorry that they offended some people, but, at the very least, I am happy that they started a conversation about diversity in Hollywood. That is an ongoing conversation that we all should be having.

  5. Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson:

    Overnight I went from being a small-town police chief to being part of a conversation about racism, equality and the role of policing in that conversation, as chief of police, I want to be part of that conversation. I also want to be part of the solution.


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