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1. (noun) blandishment, cajolery, palaver
flattery intended to persuade
Synonyms: empty words, empty talk, blandishment, cajolery, hot air, rhetoric, wheedling, palaver

2. (verb) palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric
loud and confused and empty talk
Synonyms: rhetoric, empty talk, blandishment, cajolery, hot air, ornateness, empty words, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palaver

3. (verb) chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Synonyms: inveigle, chitchat, brattle, mumble, cluck, shoot the breeze, babble, let the cat out of the bag, twaddle, clatter, gossip, prattle, sing, palaver, blarney, chit-chat, claver, tittle-tattle, maunder, sweet-talk, chew the fat, mutter, peach, tattle, natter, wheedle, visit, confab, blab out, coax, gibber, cajole, blab, talk, spill the beans, piffle, confabulate, click, jaw, babble out, mussitate, prate, chat, chatter, chaffer, gabble, blabber, clack

4. (verb) wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
Synonyms: wheedle, palaver, tittle-tattle, sweet-talk, inveigle, blarney, gabble, blab, piffle, chatter, maunder, gibber, coax, cajole, prattle, clack, tattle, prate, blabber, twaddle

5. (verb) palaver
have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds
Synonyms: wheedle, blarney, tittle-tattle, tattle, inveigle, coax, gabble, blab, piffle, chatter, sweet-talk, maunder, gibber, prate, cajole, prattle, clack, blabber, twaddle

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'palaver'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. palaver
Most of these words are onomatopoetic. The cackle of a hen, the gabble of a goose, the chatter of a magpie, the babble of a running stream, as applied to human speech, indicate a rapid succes
Synonyms: babble, blab, cackle, gabble, murmur, prattle, blurt, chat, gossip, palaver, tattle, blurt out, chatter, jabber, prate, twaddle

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