Conversation

Noun

 * 1)  Interaction; commerce or intercourse between people.
 * 2)  Sexual intercourse.
 * 3) * 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 333:
 * The landlady therefore would by no means have admitted any conversation of a disreputable kind to pass under her roof.
 * 1)  Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
 * 2) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p. 50:
 * There are many that take no heed what happeneth to others by bad conversation, and therefore overthrow themselves in the same manner through their own fault, not foreseeing dangers manifest.
 * 1) Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
 * I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid.
 * 1)  The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.

Verb

 * 1)  To engage in conversation (with).
 * 2) * 1983, James Frederick Mason, Hélène Joséphine Harvitt, The French review
 * Gone now are the "high-minded" style, the "adapted from literature" feel, the voice-over narration, and the abstract conversationing about ideas, values...
 * 1) * 1989, Robert L Gale, A Henry James encyclopedia
 * ...he has breakfasted me, dined me, conversationed me, absolutely caressed me. He has been really most kind and paternal...
 * 1) * 2002, Georgie Nickell, I Only Smoke on Thursdays
 * After all this conversationing, Scottie, my usual dance partner, was getting antsy and wanted to dance.

Adjectives for Conversation
desultory; sedate; forcible; vapid; whispered; exquisite; subsequent; inane; trivial; informal; temporary; difficult; frank; touching; calm; natural; cheerful; animated; private; bristling;  preliminary; thoughtful; philosophical; savory; embellished; unspecific; mysterious; idyllic; interminable;  earnest; measured;  gossipriddled; filthy; reminiscent; considerable; agreeable; subdued; hurried; distracting; energetic; gentle; frivolous; sparkling; undertoned;  low-voiced;  real;  heavenly; pleasant; enchanting; fascinating; egotistic; previous; appreciative; personal; direct; tumultuous; memorable; vivacious; amiable; improbable; intelligent; offhand; comfortable; inmost; casual; serious; bold; liberal; idle; scattered; curious; apparent; ribald;  spicy;  extravagant;  delightful; interesting; sustained; passing; dramatic; diligent; sublimated; piquant; rational; select; easy; graceful; protracted; intimate; eager; edifying; mercurial; running; sportive; open; sociable; antiquarian; inimitable; brilliant; clear; persuasive; sympathetic; sane; coherent; amicable; enthralling; luminous; famous; witty; aphoristic; hilarious; amusing; bantering; facetious; smiling; light; explosive; spirited; lively;sprightly; negligible; everyday; ordinary aimless; drifting; languishing; flickering scattered; intermittent; halting; jerky; wandering; lagging; jumbled; fitful; indefinite; elusive; spiritless; extended; inconclusive; timorous; wearisome; fatuous insipid;  lazy;  lackadaisical;  muttered bold; impractical; pert; leery; hidebound loud; superfluous; irate; embattled; hideous; concerting; coarse; obscene; illiterate; successful; dinner table; eyebrow; traveled; healthy; emotional; quiet; cultured; confidential; startled; amazing; conspicuous; condensed; brief; rapid; promiscuous; unblushing; spontaneous; sudden; chatty: general; developed; simple; polite; absorbed; imaginary; uninterrupted; harmless; dutiful; plausible.

Verbs for Conversation
address—to; conduct—with; connive at— direct—; divert—; drag into—; dull— engage in—; essay—; forego—; guide— infuse into—; interrupt—; key—; lead into—; narrate—; nurture—; open—; overhear—; plunge into—; prolong—; refrain from—; rush into—; shatter—; shift—; shoulder—; snatch at—; suspend—; swing —back to; transcribe—; —breaks out; —drifts on; —evolves from; —flames; —flows; —languishes; —lapses; —palls; —precedes; —rambles; —ranges; —scintillates; —skips from; —streams away; — stumbles upon.

Synonyms for Conversation
talk, speech, palaver,  discussion,  interview,  discourse, communication,  communion,  conference,  intercourse,  chat, parley, colloquy, dialogue.

Related terms

 * converse
 * conversant
 * conversational

Derived terms

 * conversation piece

Thesaurus
ESP, accents, answer, chat, chatter, collegiality, colloquy, comment, commerce, communication, communion, community, confabulation, congress, connection, contact, converse, correspondence, dealing, dealings, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, discussion, elocution, exchange, fellowship, gab, gossip, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interplay, language, linguistic intercourse, message, observation, oral communication, palaver, parley, parole, prattle, rapping, remark, repartee, reply, response, social activity, social intercourse, social relations, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, talk, talking, telepathy, touch, traffic, truck, two-way communication, ventilation, words, yakkety-yak, yakking

Etymology
From conversation:, from  conversationem:, accusative singular of conversatio:, from conversor:.

Noun

 * Arabic: حديث
 * Armenian: խոսակցություն, զրույց
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: conversa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: konverzace
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: konverso, ,
 * Estonian: vestlus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: Konversation, Unterhaltung (1)
 * Hebrew: שיחה (sikha)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, , 談話, 対話, 対話, 話し, カンバセーション


 * Kazakh:
 * Korean: 대화 (daehwa)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: گفتوگۆ, بارودۆخ
 * Latin:
 * Malayalam: സംഭാഷണം (sambhaashaNam)
 * Norwegian:, konversasjon
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, convorbire
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: సంభాషణ (saMbhaashaNa)
 * Welsh: sgwrs
 * West Frisian:

Anagrams

 * conservation

Etymology
Borrowed from conversatio:.

Noun

 * 1) conversation

Synonyms

 * bavardage
 * causerie
 * dialogue
 * discussion

Hypernyms

 * communication

Hyponyms

 * aparté
 * interview

Derived terms

 * avoir de la conversation
 * conversationnel

Anagrams

 * conservation