Palaver Synonyms

pə-lăvər, -lävər
Incessant and usually inconsequential talk
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. babble
  2. blab
  3. blabber
  4. chat
  5. chatter
  6. chitchat
  7. jabber
  8. prate
  9. prattle
  10. small talk
  11. gab
  12. gas
  13. yak
Loud and confused and empty talk
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. babble
  2. conversation
  3. cajolery
  4. talk
  5. speech
  6. blab
  7. chatter
  8. chitchat
  9. blandishment
  10. hot-air
  11. clack
  12. conference
  13. debate
  14. dialogue
  15. empty words
  16. discussion
  17. flatter
  18. flummery
  19. gab
  20. parley
  21. empty talk
  22. wheedle
  23. rhetoric
Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wheedle
  2. cajole
  3. blarney
  4. coax
  5. sweet-talk
  6. inveigle

Words Related to Palaver

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Palaver Sentence Examples

  • Then there was the usual palaver about what people voted for in 1975.

  • Businesses, of course, don't have this palaver to go through.

  • Hodgson, in a public palaver at Kumasi, announced that the Ashanti chiefs would have to pay the British government 4000 oz.

  • Themes include A haunting at the Castle and A Pirate Ship Palaver.

  • Here they kindled a flashlight and held a long palaver as to what was to be done with the prisoners.

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