confab – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
confab
v.
chat, confabulate
n.
light conversation, confabulation
Confabulation
Confabulation (verb: confabulate) is a memory disturbance, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive. Individuals who confabulate present incorrect memories ranging from "subtle alterations to bizarre fabrications", and are generally very confident about their recollections, despite contradictory evidence.
confab
Noun
1. an informal conversation
(synonym) chat, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose
(hypernym) conversation
(hyponym) chitchat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie
(derivation) confer, confabulate, consult
Verb
1. talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
(synonym) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
(hypernym) converse, discourse
(hyponym) shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone
2. have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"
(synonym) confer, confabulate, consult
(hypernym) hash out, discuss, talk over
(hyponym) collogue
(derivation) chat, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose
Confab
(n.)
Familiar talk or conversation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
confab
Synonyms and related words:
advise, audience, bargaining, bargaining session, bull session, chinfest, collogue, conclave, confabulate, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, consult, consultation, convention, council, council fire, council of war, dialogue, discussion, duologue, exchange of views, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, high-level talk, huddle, interchange of views, interview, meeting, negotiations, news conference, palaver, parley, pourparler, powwow, press conference, question-and-answer session, seance, session, sitting, speech, summit, summit conference, summitry, talk, talkfest, treat, trialogue, words
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
