chat
Light informal conversation
Chat is informal conversation, the kind that flows easily between people who aren't discussing anything urgent: We had a nice chat over coffee.
The verb means to engage in such talk: They chatted for hours.
Online, chat refers to real-time text exchange: chat rooms, group chat, I'll chat you the details.
In British English, chatting someone up means flirting with them.
Spoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
deliberation · conference · colloquy · parley · exchange · summit · symposium · roundtable
Sending written digital communications
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- DMPrivate digital correspondence
- onlineNetwork-connected state
- forumGathering place for discourse
Discord · Slack · WhatsApp · livestream · comment · thread · emoji · GIF
Light, casual conversation
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- gabLight, meaningless talk
- natterLight, aimless conversation
- chinwagInformal lengthy conversation
schmooze · prattle · gabfest · tête-à-tête · heart-to-heart · yak · jaw · blather
Brief witty remarks
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
- jokingSaying things in fun
wit · wordplay · playfulness · jesting · puns · raillery · badinage · pleasantry
Interact socially with others
- networkInterconnected system
- meetupInformal planned gathering
- mixerCombines ingredients or people
- icebreakerTension-easing social activity
gathering · party · bonding · rapport · camaraderie · fellowship · get-together · hangout
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
consultation · deliberation · conference · colloquy · parley · exchange · summit · symposium · roundtable · briefing
messaging
Sending written digital communications
forum · Discord · Slack · WhatsApp · livestream · comment · thread · emoji · GIF
small-talk
Light, casual conversation
chinwag · schmooze · prattle · gabfest · tête-à-tête · heart-to-heart · yak · jaw · blather · catch-up
quips
Brief witty remarks
joking · wit · wordplay · playfulness · jesting · puns · raillery · badinage · pleasantry · back-and-forth
mingle
Interact socially with others
icebreaker · gathering · party · bonding · rapport · camaraderie · fellowship · get-together · hangout · rendezvous
chirp
Short, high avian sound
trill · songbird · call · finch · canary · sparrow · magpie · starling
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- communicationsannouncement, telephone, address, phone, key messages
- comunicaçãoradio, TV, internet, email, carta
- conversationlistening, talk, talking, speaking, discussion
- digital communicationemail, internet, texting, messaging, SMS
- gamingvideo games, buff, games, PlayStation 4, gameplay
chatlecture
Educational spoken presentation
oration · formal address · speech · sermon · presentation
chatsilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · muteness · speechlessness · hush · taciturnity
- video chatLive audiovisual conversation
- group chatShared messaging conversation
- chat roomOnline discussion venue
- chit chatCasual, trivial conversation
- online chatText conversation via internet
- live chatReal-time text exchange
chatty, chatter, chats, chatting, chitchat, chattering, chatterbox, chatted, chatbot