CHATTING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

chatting

verb

present participle of chat

as in talking

to engage in casual or rambling conversation the coffeehouse became the favored place to meet friends and chat for hours

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as in shouting

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 chatting Times columnists Gustavo Arellano, Steve Lopez and Lorraine Ali are chatting about Tuesday night’s Los Angeles mayoral debate between Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 The challenge will include multiple phases, including a concept design, concept refinement after chatting with reviewers, and then a final selection. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026 In another scene, a group of climbers are chatting together next to a cluster of tents. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 Dean Fryer, the restaurant’s namesake, nursed a pint outside while chatting with creative director Nicholas Blechman. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 On Wednesday, the evening before they were set to dock, the mood seemed far more jovial aboard the ship; sailors were chatting and laughing, some were running a 5K around a deck now free of aircraft. — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026 In his Instagram Story, Barker, wearing a blue surgical hat, hospital gown and a blood pressure monitor, stared at the camera in a selfie in which daughter Alabama Barker was seen chatting on the phone in the background. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026 Yet walking and chatting with the blind man seemed to me the best possible introduction to Toronto, its temper, its welcome, its civility. — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026 People report feeling less lonely after chatting with an AI companion, which resembles seeking comfort. — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026

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That level of pure confidence while talking to the person with cold, hard footage is what makes Lisa Barlow the perfect Real Housewife.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
There are so many more interesting things than listening to a bunch of Flock employees talking on a wireless microphone with radio.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of talking

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According to Pollak, the couple repeatedly heard Torn shouting at someone through the hotel's thin walls.

— Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Putting them under one clear execution item can preserve the work while reducing the number of separate things shouting at me.

— Morissa Schwartz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of shouting

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Mexican security forces, both military and police, were also observed conversing with Border Patrol agents over the international boundary.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026
In a demo, OpenAI also showed someone conversing with a dot through a phone call.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of conversing

Verb

Mix these finds into your work wardrobe or your off-duty ensembles—they’re versatile enough to do it all, and the festive palette is worth drooling over.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2026
There was one of Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookies ground into the carpet, and there was Kelsey Swanson, passed out under the piano and drooling on the parquet.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of drooling

Verb

An unlined road leads across a babbling river to reveal a striking gray building up on a hill, a massive barn raised in the traditional style that uses only wood pegs — no nails — to hold the structure together.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
The kids are drawing slowly with chalk and babbling to each other.

— Miranda Rake, Parents, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of babbling

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Max Muncy, whose home run expanded the Dodgers’ lead, was still muttering about the heat nearly 15 minutes after escaping into air conditioning.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
When John finally reunites with Hal (who charges the ring against the lantern while quickly muttering his oath), the frustrated protégé immediately confronts his teacher with all the suspicions he was meant to keep secret.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026