conversated
Engaged in discussion
Conversated is a nonstandard past tense of converse, formed by back-formation from conversation.
Standard English uses conversed, but conversated appears in casual speech, particularly in African American Vernacular English and informal American usage: We conversated for hours.
Language purists consider it an error, though it follows regular English verb patterns.
Casual social interaction
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- catching upClosing a distance
- bondingForming close connections
- reconnectingResuming a severed link
schmoozing · socializing · fellowship · gathering · meetup · reunion · companionship · camaraderie
Communicated verbally
- chattedSpoke informally together
- discussedTalked about thoroughly
- spokeCommunicated verbally
- communicatedTransmitted information to another
verbalized · expressed · articulated · dialogued · gabbed · yakked · chit-chatted · rap
Departing from established norms
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- informal speechRelaxed, conversational language
code-switching · dialect · sociolect · oral tradition · everyday speech
mingling
Casual social interaction
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- catching upClosing a distance
- bondingForming close connections
reconnecting · schmoozing · socializing · fellowship · gathering · meetup · reunion · companionship · camaraderie · small talk
talked
Communicated verbally
communicated · verbalized · expressed · articulated · dialogued · gabbed · yakked · chit-chatted · rap · shooting the breeze
nonstandard
Departing from established norms
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
informal speech · code-switching · dialect · sociolect · oral tradition · everyday speech
- make conversationEngage in casual talk
- casual conversationInformal spoken exchange
- conversation starterInitiates social exchange
- dinner conversation
- conversation heartsPrinted candy valentines
- polite conversationCourteous social discourse
conversation, conversational, conversations, conversationalist, conversationally, conversationalists, conversate, conversating, conversates