Antonyms for conversation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kon-ver-sey-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn vərˈseɪ ʃən |
Definition of conversation
Origin :- mid-14c., "living together, having dealings with others," also "manner of conducting oneself in the world;" from Old French conversation, from Latin conversationem (nominative conversatio) "act of living with," noun of action from past participle stem of conversari "to live with, keep company with," literally "turn about with," from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + vertare, frequentative of vertere (see versus).
- Specific sense of "talk" is 1570s. Used as a synonym for "sexual intercourse" from at least 1511, hence criminal conversation, legal term for adultery from late 18c. Related: Conversationalist; conversationist.
- noun dialogue, discourse
- Mr. Davis, may I ask the favor of a few minutes' conversation with you in private?
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- "Not at all," persisted he, accepting as conversation what she meant as a stab.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I continued the conversation for an hour, and with the same result.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- How I closed the argument—the conversation and the interview—and escaped from her, I know not.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I have desired him to inquire after Lovelace's life and conversation in town.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- To be so particular as you require in subjects of conversation, it is impossible to be short.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The mountain in the sunset had stopped the five couriers in a conversation.
- Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
- In conversation with him my mistress broached the subject as to my whereabouts.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- Apparently they had come thither for purposes of conversation.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- All day he had noticed how inevitably the conversation turned to the young surgeon.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Synonyms for conversation
- chat
- colloquy
- comment
- communication
- communion
- confab
- confabulation
- conference
- consultation
- converse
- debate
- discussion
- exchange
- expression
- gab
- gossip
- hearing
- intercourse
- jive
- observation
- palaver
- parley
- pillow talk
- powwow
- questioning
- remark
- repartee
- speech
- talk
- talkfest
- tête-à -tête
- ventilation
- visit
- yak
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