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chat

[chat] / tʃæt /
NOUN
talk, often short
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chatter conversation gossip
STRONG
babble converse gab gas heart-to-heart jabber palaver prattle rap visit yak
WEAK
bull session hot air rap session tête-à-tête
Antonyms
STRONG
silence
WEAK
quiet
VERB
talk, gossip
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chatter go on
STRONG
babble blab burble cackle converse gab jaw prate prattle yap
WEAK
chew the fat chew the rag run on shoot the breeze
Antonyms
STRONG
be quiet

Example Sentences

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You’ll find a ghost or dotted chat bubble icon on the top right of the new-chat screen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

It just said, 'Michael Owen - follow back', so I followed him back and then I messaged him and we just had a chat.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Men have entered the fertility-planning chat as the demand for supplements and other wellness products surge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Pope Leo XIV and French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the need for dialogue in the Middle East in their first meeting Friday at the Vatican, while also finding time to chat about basketball.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“Well, yes, but it didn’t work, did it? And I had a nice chat with his mom then, who had a good talk with him.”

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

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