conversations
Back-and-forth talk
Conversations is the plural of conversation—verbal exchanges between two or more people.
A conversation involves back-and-forth dialogue, distinguishing it from speeches or monologues.
We had several conversations about the project.
The word extends to any ongoing exchange of ideas: national conversations about race, the conversation around climate change.
Written words for performance
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
playwright · rehearsal · improv · blocking · cue · actors · scene · aside
Sincere personal discussion
- confidingSharing secrets trustingly
- secretsConcealed information
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- trustConfidence in another
empathy · closeness · sharing · rapport · private · honesty · openness · supportive
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- dealAgreement or distribution
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
terms · agreement · compromise · concession · haggling · offer · counteroffer · settlement
Humorous remarks or stories
- quipsBrief witty remarks
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- wittyCleverly humorous
playful · humor · sarcasm · ribbing · light-hearted · amusing · raillery · wit
Reasoned case or dispute
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
counterargument · rhetoric · deliberation · controversy · opposition · refutation · proposition · contention
Informal light conversation
- minglingCasual social interaction
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- partyGathering for celebration
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
pleasantries · icebreaker · acquaintance · casual · friendly · chatter · catching up · reunion
Formal communication on subjects
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
- linguisticsScience of language structure
- pragmaticsLanguage-in-context study
sociolinguistics · hermeneutics · narrative · coherence · analysis · critical · scholarly · theoretical
script
Written words for performance
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
soliloquy · playwright · rehearsal · improv · blocking · cue · actors · scene · aside · subtext
heart-to-heart
Sincere personal discussion
- confidingSharing secrets trustingly
- secretsConcealed information
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
trust · empathy · closeness · sharing · rapport · private · honesty · openness · supportive · confessional
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- dealAgreement or distribution
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
reciprocity · terms · agreement · compromise · concession · haggling · offer · counteroffer · settlement · mediation
jokes
Humorous remarks or stories
witty · playful · humor · sarcasm · ribbing · light-hearted · amusing · raillery · wit · jocular
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
rebuttal · counterargument · rhetoric · deliberation · controversy · opposition · refutation · proposition · contention · cross-examination
chitchat
Informal light conversation
- minglingCasual social interaction
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- partyGathering for celebration
gathering · pleasantries · icebreaker · acquaintance · casual · friendly · chatter · catching up · reunion · meetup
discourse
Formal communication on subjects
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
- linguisticsScience of language structure
pragmatics · sociolinguistics · hermeneutics · narrative · coherence · analysis · critical · scholarly · theoretical · interdisciplinary
- social behaviorcourtesy, etiquette, friendship, greeting, cooperation
- salonsliterary salon, hostess, hostesses, drawing room, drawing rooms
- language learningvocabulary lists, lessons, acquisition, basic vocabulary, grammar books
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- gatheringsgathering, gatherings, parties, party, reunion
- life eventswedding, funeral, graduation, birthday party, anniversary
conversationsmonologues
Uninterrupted speeches by one
soliloquies · lectures · speeches · sermons · diatribes
conversationssilence
Total lack of sound
silences · muteness · speechlessness · wordlessness · taciturnity
conversationswritten correspondence
Exchanged messages on paper
depositions · testimonies · dictations · recitations · prepared remarks
- 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, conversationalist, conversationally, conversationalists, nonconversational