Antonyms for tète-à-tètes
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : teyt-uh-teyt, tet-uh-tet; French te-ta-tet |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪt əˈteɪt, ˈtɛt əˈtɛt; French tɛ taˈtɛt |
Definition of tète-à-tètes
Origin :- "a private meeting," French, tête-à-tête, literally "head-to-head," from Old French teste "head" (see tester (n.2)). The adjective, "privately," is recorded from 1728.
- As in conversation : noun dialogue, discourse
- His manner to Vargrave was distant; he shunned all tete-a-tetes with his wife.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Everything, in fact, had presaged the pleasantest of tete-a-tetes.
- Extract from : « Count Bunker » by J. Storer Clouston
- Our tete-a-tetes were rather an inexhaustible chat than conversation, which could only conclude from interruption.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete » by Jean Jacques Rousseau
- All that breaks from her, in our tete-a-tetes, upon the subject of dress, is both edifying and amiable.
- Extract from : « The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Fanny Burney
Synonyms for tète-à-tètes
- 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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