confabbing
Having a chat
Confabbing is chatting or conversing informally, from confab, itself a clipped form of confabulate.
The word suggests casual, friendly talk rather than serious discussion: I found them confabbing in the break room.
It carries a slightly playful or old-fashioned tone.
Producing speech aloud
- conversingEngaging in spoken exchange
- chattingInformal verbal exchange
- discussingTalking through a topic
- gabbingTalking at length casually
yakking · jawing · nattering · schmoozing · bantering · prattling · blabbering · rambling
Breathy, near-silent speech
- rumoringSpreading unverified information
- tattlingReporting others' wrongdoing
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
buzz · backbiting · innuendo · scoop · dirt · muckraking · talebearing · dishing
Giving or discussing formally
- conveningFormally gathering together
- consultingGiving expert advice professionally
- deliberatingCarefully thinking before deciding
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
roundtable · huddle · briefing · debriefing · session · gathering · assembly · summit
Crafty and calculating
- plottingDevising a secret plan
- strategizingFormulating tactical approaches
- colludingSecretly cooperating for deception
- planningArranging for future events
huddling · caucusing · maneuvering · conniving · hatching · coordinating · masterminding · putting heads together
talking
Producing speech aloud
- conversingEngaging in spoken exchange
- chattingInformal verbal exchange
- discussingTalking through a topic
gabbing · yakking · jawing · nattering · schmoozing · bantering · prattling · blabbering · rambling · shooting the breeze
whispering
Breathy, near-silent speech
- rumoringSpreading unverified information
- tattlingReporting others' wrongdoing
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
hearsay · buzz · backbiting · innuendo · scoop · dirt · muckraking · talebearing · dishing · spilling tea
conferring
Giving or discussing formally
- conveningFormally gathering together
- consultingGiving expert advice professionally
- deliberatingCarefully thinking before deciding
powwow · roundtable · huddle · briefing · debriefing · session · gathering · assembly · summit · forum
scheming
Crafty and calculating
- plottingDevising a secret plan
- strategizingFormulating tactical approaches
- colludingSecretly cooperating for deception
planning · huddling · caucusing · maneuvering · conniving · hatching · coordinating · masterminding · putting heads together
confabbingorating
Speaking formally aloud
lecturing · speechifying · pontificating · declaiming · deliberating
confabbingkeeping mum
Staying deliberately silent
saying nothing · staying quiet · clamming up · keeping quiet · stonewalling