converse

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. transposed, reversed, turned about; reciprocal; other, opposite, contrary. See opposition. — n. reverse, contrary, opposite; counterpart, reciprocal; vice versa. —v. See conversation.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. reversed, contrary, opposite; see different 1 , opposite 1 .

n.

Syn. inverse, antithesis, reverse; see opposite .

v.

Syn. talk, speak, chat, have a talk with; see discuss , speak 2 , talk 1 .

See Synonym Study at speak .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

opposite, reverse, antithesis, obverse.

II

v.

talk, discuss, communicate, chat, hold a dialogue, confer, discourse, gab, *chew the fat, *rap, *shoot the breeze, confabulate, commune, *schmooze, *flap one's chops, *jibber-jabber, *yack.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. Spoken exchange: chat, colloquy, confabulation, conversation, dialogue, discourse, speech, talk. Informal: confab. Slang: jaw. See WORDS. 2. Obsolete. The exchange of ideas by writing, speech, or signals: communication, communion, intercommunication, intercourse. See KNOWLEDGE. II noun That which is diametrically opposed to another: antipode, antipodes, antithesis, antonym, contrary, counter, opposite, reverse. Logic: contradictory, contrapositive. See SUPPORT.

V

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To engage in spoken exchange: chat, confabulate, discourse, speak, talk. Informal: confab, visit. See WORDS.

VI

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Diametrically opposed: antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, antonymic, antonymous, contradictory, contrary, counter, diametric, diametrical, opposing, opposite, polar, reverse. See SUPPORT.