CHATTING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

chatting

verb

present participle of chat

as in talking

to engage in casual or rambling conversation the coffeehouse became the favored place to meet friends and chat for hours

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as in shouting

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly lost in his own world, the toddler chatted happily for hours

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Recent Examples of chatting Some people were chatting outside the church when something sounded like an engine backfiring. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 From there, wine flowed as attendees tucked into filet mignon and sea bass while chatting across large burgundy floral centerpieces. — Emily Tannenbaum, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026 Everyone was chatting and enjoying the beautiful weather, Spiro, a 36-year-old rabbi at Hill Havurah congregation in Washington, recalled. — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Cooley, meanwhile, hinted that even smiling or chatting with teammates can take him out of that preferred mindset. — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Dean Ferrell is at the farmers market chatting with people and milling around the market. — Saige Miller, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026 Open floor plans are great for keeping an eye on the kids or chatting with guests while dinner cooks. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Old women lived there, lined up in front of the doors seeking shade, gathered at the laundry pool chatting for hours, discussing the Colony and the young folk and how life often goes on too long. — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026 Then OpenAI began chatting with the PHP Foundation about the issue. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatting

Verb

About half of the inmates are never identified by name onscreen and aren’t featured in talking-head interviews.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Moderna and Merck are talking with regulatory authorities about next steps for seeking approval of the vaccine.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of talking

Verb

Combat sequences, set in the Pacific theater and filmed in Australia, look expansive and authentic, weaving around hundreds of soldiers running and shouting and shooting at once.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
The most common type was verbal abuse, including shouting or swearing, which 34% of retail respondents experienced.

— Andrew Adam Newman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of shouting

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The Pope woke up from surgical anesthesia without any complications, and requested dinner while conversing with Vatican staff.

— Alice Park, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
Mexican security forces, both military and police, were also observed conversing with Border Patrol agents over the international boundary.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of conversing

Verb

Mix these finds into your work wardrobe or your off-duty ensembles—they’re versatile enough to do it all, and the festive palette is worth drooling over.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2026
There was one of Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookies ground into the carpet, and there was Kelsey Swanson, passed out under the piano and drooling on the parquet.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of drooling

Verb

At home, Lindsey and her husband, Garret, noticed that Jaxson had stopped babbling, and wasn’t able to walk anymore.

— Ciara McCarthy October 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
An unlined road leads across a babbling river to reveal a striking gray building up on a hill, a massive barn raised in the traditional style that uses only wood pegs — no nails — to hold the structure together.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of babbling

Verb

Max Muncy, whose home run expanded the Dodgers’ lead, was still muttering about the heat nearly 15 minutes after escaping into air conditioning.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
When John finally reunites with Hal (who charges the ring against the lantern while quickly muttering his oath), the frustrated protégé immediately confronts his teacher with all the suspicions he was meant to keep secret.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026