colloquynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒl.ə.kwi/us/ˈkɑː.lə.kwi/formala formal conversation
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Informal talking & conversation
- a problem shared is a problem halved idiom
- bants
- blarney
- chatter
- chew
- conversation-stopper
- converse
- exchange
- gas
- jaw
- make yourself understood idiom
- natter
- orally
- pass
- pillow talk
- shoot the breeze idiom
- shoptalk
- talk shop idiom
- understand
- wash your dirty linen in public idiom
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Examples from literature
- Before the colloquy had ended, the minister's attention was attracted by a second incident.
- He appeared to be in earnest colloquy with a man whose bulk matched his own.
- She glanced, with eyes that were unusually conscious, to right and left of her, to see if the neighbors had noticed their colloquy.
- The reporter and the caretaker were making no progress in their colloquy and Dan was trying to catch a glimpse of the other man, who leaned against the wall quite indifferent to the struggle for the door.
- There was a brisk colloquy between the two.