colloquy
Scholarly verbal exchange
A colloquy is a formal conversation or dialogue, especially one involving discussion of a serious topic.
The word carries a slightly elevated or literary tone: The senators engaged in a brief colloquy on the chamber floor.
In legal and legislative contexts, colloquy often refers to an exchange between judge and defendant or between lawmakers establishing legislative intent.
Spoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- chatInformal verbal exchange
exchange · parley · tête-à-tête · heart-to-heart · confabulation · interlocution · palaver · communion
Spoken exchange between parties
- dramaturgyArt of theatrical structure
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- interplayReciprocal action between things
- scriptwritingComposing film or TV text
lines · verbal sparring · quip · riposte · banter · repertoire · monologue
Reasoned case or dispute
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- disputationFormal argumentative exchange
contention · forensics · argumentation · rebuttal · counterargument · crossfire · polemic · opposition
Formal worship structure
- prayerAddress to deity
- responsive readingAlternating spoken worship passages
- vespersEvening devotional service
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
benediction · worship · ecclesiastical · antiphon · litany
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
chat · exchange · parley · tête-à-tête · heart-to-heart · confabulation · interlocution · palaver · communion · interchange
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- dramaturgyArt of theatrical structure
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- interplayReciprocal action between things
scriptwriting · lines · verbal sparring · quip · riposte · banter · repertoire · monologue
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
disputation · contention · forensics · argumentation · rebuttal · counterargument · crossfire · polemic · opposition · refutation
liturgy
Formal worship structure
- prayerAddress to deity
- responsive readingAlternating spoken worship passages
- vespersEvening devotional service
devotion · benediction · worship · ecclesiastical · antiphon · litany
- dialogueconversation, line, lines, banter, talk
- discussionsdiscussion, discussions, forum, talks, roundtable
- dialogingtalking, chatting, speaking, discussing, conversing
- speech formsoration, rhetoric, debate, discourse, sermon
- dialogue poetrydramatic verse, call and response
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
colloquysilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · muteness · speechlessness · wordlessness · taciturnity
colloquyquarrel
Angry verbal dispute
argument · altercation · confrontation · shouting match · dispute
- colloquial termsInformal everyday expressions
- colloquial languageInformal everyday speech
- colloquial speechInformal everyday language
colloquial, colloquialism, colloquium, colloquially, colloquialisms, colloquia, colloquials