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Synonyms for parleying
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pahr-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr li |
Top 10 synonyms for parleying Other synonyms for the word parleying
- accommodate
- adjudge
- adjust
- advise
- arbitrate
- articulate
- babble
- bargain
- be in contact
- blitz
- breeze
- bring to terms
- broach
- bunch
- bury the hatchet
- canvass
- carry on conversation
- chant
- chatter
- chew
- chew the fat
- chitchat
- collogue
- come across with
- come to school
- come to terms
- comment on
- commune
- compose
- concert
- conciliate
- confab
- confabulate
- confess
- confide
- confide in
- connect
- contact
- contemplate
- contract
- converge
- converse
- covenant
- crouch
- crowd
- cuddle
- curl up
- cut a deal
- deal
- debate
- decide
- deliberate
- describe
- determine
- dialogue
- dicker
- discourse
- discuss
- divulge
- draw together
- drawl
- drone
- engage in conversation
- exchange
- express
- flap
- flap one's tongue
- flock
- gab
- gabble
- gather
- get heads together
- get together
- give meeting
- give voice to
- go into a huddle
- gossip
- groupthink
- haggle
- hammer out a deal
- handle
- have a meet
- herd
- hold discussion
- horse trade
- huddle
- hug
- hunch up
- influence
- interact
- intercede
- interface
- interpose
- intervene
- interview
- intone
- jaw
- join in conversation
- judge
- keep in touch
- kick ideas around
- make a deal
- make peace
- make terms
- manage
- mass
- mediate
- meet
- meet halfway
- moderate
- muse
- negotiate
- nestle
- network
- notify
- palaver
- parley
- pass judgment
- patter
- persuade
- pick one's brain
- placate
- play ball
- ponder
- powwow
- prate
- prattle
- press
- press close
- pronounce
- rap
- reach out
- reason
- reconcile
- referee
- reflect
- relate
- reveal
- rhapsodize
- run on
- say
- schmooze
- settle
- sing
- smooth
- snuggle
- soliloquize
- soothe
- speak
- spill the beans
- spout
- squeak
- squeal
- step in
- stipulate
- straighten out
- strike happy medium
- swap
- talk
- talk one's leg off
- tell
- tell all
- thrash out
- throng
- toss ideas around
- touch
- touch base
- trade off
- transact
- treat
- umpire
- use
- utter
- vent
- ventriloquize
- verbalize
- visit
- voice
- work out
- work out a deal
- yak
Définition of parleying
Origin :- "conference, speech," especially with an enemy, mid-15c., from Middle French parlée, from fem. past participle of Old French parler "to speak" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *paraulare, from Late Latin parabolare "to speak (in parables)," from parabola "speech, discourse," from Latin parabola "comparison" (see parable).
- As in arbitrate : verb achieve settlement
- As in negotiate : verb bargain, discuss
- As in powwow : verb discuss
- As in talk : verb produce words; inform
- As in talk : verb discuss with another
- As in commune : verb communicate, experience with another
- As in confer : verb discuss, deliberate
- As in converse : verb talk
- As in huddle : verb meet, discuss
- He was severely blamed in the press for parleying with an outlaw.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- It was past the hour of closing and the host was not in a humor for parleying.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- The ship was escorted into the city and the parleying began.
- Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
- After a good deal of parleying, I was told that it was because I was black.
- Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
- He was soon in line with the front door—his man was parleying with a servant.
- Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips
- From him we learned that the Indians and some Spaniards had been parleying with our men all day.
- Extract from : « Margaret Tudor » by Annie T. Colcock
- With him there had been no parleying at the door as in Coxeter's own case.
- Extract from : « Studies in love and in terror » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
- He was shot by an Arab, while he was parleying with a Roman soldier.
- Extract from : « For the Temple » by G. A. Henty
- It seemed to him that he really ought to quit, and here he was parleying with himself.
- Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser
- After some parleying, about thirty of the natives crossed the river.
- Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne
Antonyms for parleying
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