Antonyms for palavering
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : puh-lav-er, ‐lah-ver |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈlæv ər, ‐ˈlɑ vər |
Definition of palavering
Origin :- 1733 (implied in palavering), "talk, conference, discussion," sailors' slang, from Portuguese palavra "word, speech, talk," traders' term for "negotiating with the natives" in West Africa, metathesis of Late Latin parabola "speech, discourse," from Latin parabola "comparison" (see parable). Meaning "idle talk" first recorded 1748. The verb is 1733, from the noun. Related: Palavering.
- As in powwow : verb discuss
- As in rap : verb talk casually; speak abruptly
- As in shoot the breeze : verb chat, converse
- As in talk : verb produce words; inform
- As in talk : verb discuss with another
- As in confab : verb converse
- As in confabulate : verb converse
- As in chatter : verb speak fast and non-stop
- Do you think we don't see through you and your palavering speeches?
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Drouet was palavering himself with the looseness of excitement and passion.
- Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
- He shines in action, and he'll find that out, and leave others the palavering.'
- Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
- It took a great deal of palavering before I could persuade him that I was lost unless he consented.
- Extract from : « Belford's Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3, February 1889 » by Various
- The next day he lounges in here with his palavering ways, and demands the highest price in the market—and I give it to him!
- Extract from : « The Ancient Law » by Ellen Glasgow
- "She has been palavering you over," he said, in a tone more like displeasure than he had ever used towards her.
- Extract from : « The Clever Woman of the Family » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Don't stand there palavering all day, but out with you and see if there's a fish on the lines for breakfast.
- Extract from : « Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Thus we are in a fair way to have plenty of work, palavering with the natives and protecting the colonists.
- Extract from : « Journal of an African Cruiser » by Horatio Bridge
- But he'll bring cases, for he's very popular in society, and he'll do all the palavering and running round very well.
- Extract from : « The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him » by Paul Leicester Ford
- The Kuzaks were palavering with the occupants of two heavily-loaded trader rockets.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
Synonyms for palavering
- advise
- argue
- articulate
- babble
- bark
- be in contact
- blab
- blather
- broach
- BS
- cackle
- canvass
- carry on conversation
- chaffer
- chant
- chat
- chatter
- chew
- chew the fat
- chitchat
- clack
- collogue
- comment on
- commune
- communicate
- confab
- confabulate
- confer
- confess
- confide
- consult
- contact
- converse
- deliberate
- describe
- dialogue
- discourse
- discuss
- divulge
- drawl
- drone
- engage in conversation
- exchange
- express
- flap one's tongue
- gab
- gabble
- gas
- get together
- gibber
- give voice to
- go into a huddle
- go on and on
- gossip
- groupthink
- have a meet
- hold discussion
- huddle
- influence
- interact
- interface
- interview
- intone
- jabber
- jaw
- join in conversation
- keep in touch
- meet
- natter
- negotiate
- network
- notify
- palaver
- parley
- patter
- persuade
- prate
- prattle
- pronounce
- reach out
- reason
- relate
- reveal
- rhapsodize
- run off at the mouth
- run on
- say
- schmooze
- shoot the bull
- sing
- soliloquize
- speak
- spill the beans
- spit
- spout
- squeak
- squeal
- talk
- talk one's leg off
- tattle
- tell
- tell all
- thrash out
- touch
- touch base
- treat
- twaddle
- twiddle
- use
- utter
- vent
- ventriloquize
- verbalize
- visit
- voice
- yack
- yak
- yap
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