Antonyms for chat

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : chat

Phonetic Transcription : tʃæt

Definition of chat

Origin : mid-15c., "talk idly, babble," short for chatter (v.). Meaning "to converse familiarly" is from 1550s. Sense of "flirt with, ingratiate oneself with" (in later use often with up (adv.)) is from 1898. Related: Chatted; chatting.

noun talk, often short
verb talk, gossip

Example sentences :

They were early, and had time for a chat before starting out.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

Not a day passed on which Rosa did not come to have her chat with Cornelius.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

And so, on this occasion, he did not seek to avoid the chat on which Pierre was bent.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

I know them all, and I think they like me, because I chat to them.
Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt

And as we are alone here together it occurred to me that it might do me good to have a chat with you.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

He would be glad, for the sake of old times, to have a chat with you before he goes.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

I can get politics and chat and neighborly conveniences from cheaper companions.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

What I want to chat to you about at present is how to catch a caricature.
Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss

And at last he began to distinguish the people in the beds near by, and to chat with them.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

We'll go into the Den and have a chat and a smoke before we go to bed.
Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith

Synonyms for chat

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