tête-à-tête
1 of 3noun
ˌtet-ə-ˈtet 
ˌtāt-ə-ˈtāt,
sense 2 is also ˈtēt-ə-ˌtēt
1
: a private conversation between two persons
2
: a short piece of furniture (such as a sofa) intended to seat two persons especially facing each other
tête-à-tête
2 of 3adverb
ˌtet-ə-ˈtet
ˌtāt-ə-ˈtāt
: in private
tête-à-tête
3 of 3adjective
ˌtet-ə-ˌtet
ˌtāt-ə-ˌtāt
: face-to-face, private
Synonyms
Noun
- backchat
- cackle
- causerie
- chat
- chatter
- chin music
- chin-wag [slang]
- chitchat
- confab
- confabulation
- gab
- gabfest
- gossip
- jangle
- jaw
- natter [chiefly British]
- palaver
- patter
- rap
- schmooze
- small talk
- table talk
- talk
Adverb
- face-to-face
- personally
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
Etymology
Noun
French, literally, head to head
First Known Use
Noun
1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adverb
1700, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1728, in the meaning defined above
tête-à-tête 1 of 2
adverb
as in personally
in person and usually privately met tête-à-tête with the student's parents to discuss his disciplinary problems in class Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- personally
- in secret
- face-to-face
- in private
- secretly
- intimately
- directly
- familiarly
- immediately
- confidentially
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- indirectly
- openly
- distantly
- publicly
tête-à-tête
2 of 2noun
as in chat
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this had a quick tête-à-tête with my neighbor before heading off to work Synonyms & Similar Words
- chat
- talk
- chitchat
- gabfest
- confab
- schmooze
- chatter
- gab
- natter
- confabulation
- small talk
- gossip
- palaver
- table talk
- chin-wag
- causerie
- jaw
- discourse
- cackle
- chin music
- patter
- jangle
- colloquy
- rap
- parley
- backchat
- dialogue
- symposium
- exchange
- debate
- conference
- dialog
- yak
- crosstalk
- happy talk
- yammer
- yap
- give-and-take
- yack
