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Tete-a-tete

Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.

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Private 84% connected

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not pu…

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Private 84% connected

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not pu…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Conversation 76% connected

General course of conduct; behavior.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Couch 76% connected

To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

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Lounge 76% connected

To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

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Sofa 76% connected

A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.

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Vis-a-vis 92% connected

One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assignation noun · 78% connection

An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.

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Audience adjective · 78% connection

Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of b…

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Aunty noun · 78% connection

A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.

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Board noun · 78% connection

A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: private, conversation, familiar, interview, conference.
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Cabal noun · 78% connection

A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue;…

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Chase verb · 78% connection

An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private proper…

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Chat noun · 78% connection

Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.

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Closet verb · 78% connection

To make into a closet for a secret interview.

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Colloquial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloq…

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Colloquy noun · 78% connection

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

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Communication noun · 78% connection

Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; corresponde…

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Confab noun · 78% connection

Familiar talk or conversation.

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Confabulation noun · 78% connection

Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

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Confidence noun · 78% connection

Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.

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Conversant adjective · 78% connection

(usually followed by ‘with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex…

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Converse noun · 78% connection

Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

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Encounter verb · 78% connection

A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.

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Enterparlance noun · 78% connection

Mutual talk or conversation; conference.

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