group chats
Multi-person text threads
Group chats are text-based conversations among three or more participants, typically on messaging apps or social media platforms.
They enable real-time communication across friend groups, families, or work teams.
Group chats can be lively social hubs or sources of notification fatigue: I had to mute the group chat—200 messages overnight.
The singular refers to a specific conversation: Add me to the group chat.
Mobile messaging platform
- TelegramEncrypted chat application
- SignalPrivate messaging service
- iMessageApple's native texting platform
- DiscordGaming communication platform
Slack · WeChat · Messenger · Viber · Snapchat · channels · servers · workspaces
Sending written digital communications
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- threadsTwisted fiber strands
- repliesAnswers given back
- notificationsAutomated messages announcing events
mentions · reactions · emojis · gifs · memes · voice notes · read receipts · typing indicator
Voluntary close relations
- familyRelated people together
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- hangoutFrequented gathering place
- reunionGathering after separation
bonding · camaraderie · companionship · catching up · inside jokes · gossip · venting · support
System managers, informally
- moderatorsThose regulating discussions
- mutingSuppressing sound output
- leavingAct of going away
- addingJoining to increase
removing · lurkers · spamming · oversharing · ghosting · drama · etiquette · boundaries
Assigning times to events
- planningArranging for future events
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- eventsThings that take place
meetups · assignments · deadlines · tasks · delegation · decisions · voting · consensus
Mobile messaging platform
- TelegramEncrypted chat application
- SignalPrivate messaging service
- iMessageApple's native texting platform
Discord · Slack · WeChat · Messenger · Viber · Snapchat · channels · servers · workspaces · rooms
messaging
Sending written digital communications
notifications · mentions · reactions · emojis · gifs · memes · voice notes · read receipts · typing indicator · forwarding
friends
Voluntary close relations
reunion · bonding · camaraderie · companionship · catching up · inside jokes · gossip · venting · support · celebrations
admins
System managers, informally
- moderatorsThose regulating discussions
- mutingSuppressing sound output
- leavingAct of going away
adding · removing · lurkers · spamming · oversharing · ghosting · drama · etiquette · boundaries · archives
scheduling
Assigning times to events
- planningArranging for future events
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- organizingSystematically putting in order
events · meetups · assignments · deadlines · tasks · delegation · decisions · voting · consensus · availability
- chatterchatter, chatting, chitchat, gab session, gabbing
- friend activitiesroad trips, girls night, sleepovers, movie night, game night
- Virtual Hangoutsvideo calls, watch parties, virtual happy hour, Zoom calls, virtual tours
- digital communicationemail, internet, texting, messaging, SMS
- social mediaposts, post, influencer status, followers, tweet
- online communitiesforum, online communities, discussion board, forums, message board
group chatsprivate messages
Non-public digital communications
direct messages · personal correspondence · monologue · self-talk
group chatspublic posts
Visible-to-all online entries
broadcasts · public forums · secret conversations · personal journal · self-talk
group chatsin-person meetings
Gatherings requiring physical presence
phone calls · voice calls · video calls · handwritten letters · conference calls
group, chat, grouping, grouped, groups, regroup, subgroup, grouper, groupthink