converse
verb
• engage in conversation.
• "she was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother"
Similar:
talk,
speak,
chat,
have a conversation,
have a talk,
have a discussion,
discourse,
confer,
parley,
consult with each other,
chatter,
gossip,
chew the fat,
chew the rag,
gab,
jaw,
have a confab,
natter,
rabbit,
witter,
chunter,
rap,
shoot the breeze,
conversate,
mag,
confabulate,
converse
noun
• conversation.
• "his converse at such seasons was always elevating"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from Old French converser, from Latin conversari ‘keep company (with’), from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 17th century.
converse
noun
• a situation, object, or statement that is the reverse of another or corresponds to it but with certain terms transposed.
converse
adjective
• having characteristics which are the reverse of something else already mentioned.
• "the only mode of change will be the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay"
Similar:
opposite,
opposing,
contrary,
counter,
antithetical,
clashing,
incompatible,
in disagreement,
disagreeing,
conflicting,
differing,
reverse,
obverse,
inverse,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin conversus ‘turned about’, past participle of convertere (see convert).
