CHATTED Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

chatted

verb

past tense of chat

as in talked

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 chattered

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 chatted And in 2023, Tierra Whack and Lil Yachty chatted about hip-hop in Brooklyn, before Jon Batiste and Gucci Mane kept the conversation going. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026 As the science reporters chatted with Deisseroth over the phone and Zoom, an AP photographer and videographer raced to his home in Stanford. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 Heath and Swain chatted for two hours over the meal, then another three at a bar. — Kaitlin Menza, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Attendees chatted and celebrated another successful season with Silvia Prada behind the DJ booth. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 During pre-show cocktails in the Grand Tier Bar, Sigourney Weaver chatted with Frances McDormand as Katie Holmes arrived with her artist beau, Jason Bard Yarmosky. — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026 Many people in line in Marina del Rey chatted about their favorite Sanrio characters and exchanged childhood memories. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Before the event, PEOPLE chatted with the Oscar winner on the red carpet about her sons, Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 6, and their reaction to her latest honor. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Mets owner Steve Cohen chatted with Alonso on the field before the game. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

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But after returning to Kansas City following that second interview in the Windy City, Matthews talked with then-Royals owner Ewing Kauffman.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
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— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of talked

Verb

Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of conversed

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Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital.

— Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026

Definition of drooled

Verb

In the wake of a depressing 69-93 season that sputtered out from the get-go, as so many a Royals campaign does, the club promptly made some substantial changes.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026
The real concerns came on offense, where the Trojans uncharacteristically sputtered.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of sputtered

Verb

Rebecca Noble/Reuters Hiring grew much less than expected in September as a monthslong surge of inflation weighed on shoppers and rattled bond markets, according to the federal government's monthly jobs report.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
More swings in the bond market rattled stock markets around the world on Thursday.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026