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casual conversation

NOUN
small talk
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blather chatter chitchat pleasantry
WEAK
babble beauty-parlor chitchat blab chat conversation gab gossip idle chat idle chatter idle talk jabber light talk polite remark prattle rumors table talk trivial conversation yakking
NOUN
table talk
Synonyms
WEAK
chit-chat idle chat small talk tea-table talk

Example Sentences

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While Cyndee is massaging her sore feet on a bench, Bert strikes up a casual conversation with a young woman the next bench over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

It was a casual conversation about how parents prioritise dental check-ups, but often overlook eye tests, that led to Mared Jones, from Dinas Mawddwy, Gwynedd, taking her children to be checked for the first time.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

He drops press-release filler language like “railed against” and “running roughshod” into what is supposed to be casual conversation.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2025

But during a seizure, the chatter synchronizes into loud bursts of electrical activity that overwhelm the brain's casual conversation.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2024

I asked, thinking I was making casual conversation, but boy, was I wrong.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd