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noun

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1
as in talk
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this short chats between parents and teachers during the school's open house

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2
as in conversation
talking or a talk between two or more people a fireside chat between two of America's foremost men of letters

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chat

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verb

ˈchat How to pronounce chat (audio)
1
as in to talk
to engage in casual or rambling conversation the coffeehouse became the favored place to meet friends and chat for hours

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2
as in to chatter
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly lost in his own world, the toddler chatted happily for hours

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Recent Examples of chat
Noun
Secure Messaging provides additional ways for families to communicate, including Talk-to-Text, voice messages, photos, emojis, GIF stickers, preset quick replies, e-greeting cards, and group chats. — Jon Stojan, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Conclave director Edward Berger, Banijay Entertainment CEO Marco Bassetti, Canal+ Deputy CEO Anna Marsh and Jane Tranter, exec producer of Industry and Succession, will all feature in fireside chats at MIA 2026. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
Federal prosecutors allege Perry participated in a Signal group chat detailing plans to attack the White House during the planned Ultimate Fighting Championship event June 14 on the White House’s South Lawn. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 In the video, the popular streamers Maya Higa and FaZe Adapt sit together on a log, chatting nonchalantly as a massive grizzly bear lumbers toward them. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chat
  1. talk
  2. conversation
  3. converse
  4. chatter
  5. gossip
  6. discussion
  7. shout
  8. chitchat
Noun
  • Former mayor Harry Sidhu went to prison on corruption charges, and the two parties never re-engaged on talks.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • TickTalkie™ adds instant push-to-talk communication over LTE, with support for watch-to-watch, multi-user, and multi-channel conversations.
    — Jon Stojan, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of talk
Noun
  • In our efforts to reciprocate with some updates about our family, the wife would interject within a sentence or two of our contribution to hijack the conversation back to talking about her family.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Her conversation with John also divulges the depths of his entwinement with current ring-bearer Hal Jordan, via a flashback to when John was a baby, in the all-important year of 1986.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of conversation
Verb
  • However, your customers should never feel like their only choice is to converse with a bot.
    — John Hall, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers have built ArabCulture-Dialogue, the first benchmark for testing whether leading AI models can understand and converse in Modern Standard Arabic and 13 national dialects.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of converse
Verb
  • There was something that got a lot of people chattering in the world of math.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Some were already chattering about hitting Angine de Poitrine’s two nights at the Wiltern in December.
    — Josh Martin, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of chatter
Noun
  • Premier League interest naturally followed and Fofana, who has five international caps for Belgium but was not part of the recent World Cup squad, has been a regular in gossip columns for much of the past year.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • This article was first featured in Stage Whisperer, Vulture’s weekly newsletter for theater news, gossip, interviews, and more.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of gossip
Noun
  • Walking in on them during an intimate discussion only seems to confirm it.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Sullivan spoke with attorneys at sidebar about the request, but the discussion was inaudible to observers in the courtroom at Plymouth Superior Court.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of discussion
Verb
  • Video showed locals draped in Spanish flags, shouting anti-migrant slogans, and singing Spanish songs, torching the camp and throwing migrants’ belongings in the Mediterranean or into bonfires.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Being Chicago’s hometown airline — and shouting about it a lot — affords United Airlines certain privileges.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of shout
Noun
  • If this is true, the anonymous e-mailer, who worked at Domino’s with Webb, had inflated a report of some harmless chitchat between Crosby and her tenants into an actionable violation of jurors’ instructions not to discuss the case.
    — James Lasdun, New Yorker, 26 May 2026
  • For decades, late-night TV has introduced trailblazers trying to break, or reinvent, the staid routine of stand-up monologues and celebrity chitchat.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
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“Chat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chat. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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