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Conversation

General course of conduct; behavior.

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Chat 76% connected

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

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Colloquy 76% connected

Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.

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Commerce 76% connected

The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; exten…

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Confab 76% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

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Confabulation 76% connected

Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

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Exchange 76% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Gossiping 76% connected

of Gossip

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Rap 76% connected

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Talking 76% connected

of Talk

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Tete-a-tete 76% connected

Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.

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Language 76% connected

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, artic…

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Speech 76% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Conversational 74% connected

Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style.

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Conversational 74% connected

Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style.

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Conversationist 74% connected

One who converses much, or who excels in conversation.

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Conversationist 74% connected

One who converses much, or who excels in conversation.

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Converse 74% connected

To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

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Converse 74% connected

To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

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