converse
1 of 4verb
con·verse kən-ˈvərs 
conversed; conversing
intransitive verb
1
: to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk
spent a few minutes conversing about the weather
The leaders were bellowing so loudly that you had to shout to converse with your dinner partner.
Christopher Buckley
Christopher Buckley2
archaic
a
: to have acquaintance or familiarity
b
: to become occupied or engaged
converser
kən-ˈvər-sər
noun converse
2 of 4noun (1)
con·verse ˈkän-ˌvərs
1
dated : conversation
… Mrs Walker, like many other mothers, was apt to be more free in converse with her daughter than she was with her son. Anthony Trollope
Anthony TrollopeGraham Bretton had dined with us that day; he had shone both in converse and looks. Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë2
archaic : social interaction
converse
3 of 4noun (2)
con·verse ˈkän-ˌvərs
: something reversed in order, relation, or action: such as
a
: a theorem formed by interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a given theorem
b
: a proposition obtained by interchange of the subject and predicate of a given proposition
"No P is S " is the converse of "no S is P. "
converse
4 of 4adjective
con·verse kən-ˈvərs ˈkän-ˌvərs
ˈkän-ˌvərs 1
: reversed in order, relation, or action
Socrates, while he said that the true tragic writer was also an artist in comedy, did not lay down the converse proposition that the true comic writer is also an artist in tragedy. Samuel Alexander
Samuel Alexander2
: being a logical or mathematical converse
the converse theorem
Synonyms
Verb
- babble
- blab
- cackle
- chaffer [British]
- chat
- chatter
- chin [slang]
- gab
- gabble
- gas
- jabber
- jaw
- kibitz
- kibbitz
- natter
- palaver
- patter
- prate
- prattle
- rap
- rattle
- run on
- schmooze
- shmooze
- talk
- visit
Noun (1)
- chat
- colloquy
- conversation
- dialogue
- dialog
- discourse
- discussion
- exchange
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Example Sentences
Verb They conversed quietly in the corner of the room. At home we often converse in Spanish. Adjective One must also consider the converse case.
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, to live (with), from Anglo-French converser, from Latin conversari
Noun (1)
Middle English convers, from Anglo-French converse, from converser
Noun (2) and Adjective
Latin conversus, past participle of convertere — see convert entry 1
First Known Use
Verb
1598, in the meaning defined at sense 2a
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Noun (2)
1570, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing converse
Kids Definition
converse
verb
con·verse kən-ˈvərs
conversed; conversing
: to talk to another person or to other people
conversing
verb
as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation jurors are not allowed to converse while the attorneys go off to one side to confer with the judge Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- chatting
- talking
- chattering
- gabbing
- discussing
- rattling
- jabbering
- schmoozing
- prattling
- babbling
- nattering
- prating
- gabbling
- blabbing
- kibitzing
- jawing
- visiting
- gossiping
- rapping
- cackling
- palavering
- pattering
- shmoozing
- chaffering
- twittering
- chinning
- kibbitzing
- gassing
- blowing smoke
- chewing the rag
- running on
- tattling
- talking a blue streak
- expatiating
- chewing the fat
- shooting the breeze
- yakking
- descanting
- yapping
- yammering
- yacking
