Synonyms of palavering

palavering

verb

present participle of palaver

1

as in chatting

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

mothers palavering and drinking coffee while watching their children play

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• talking
• conversing
• prating
• chattering
• nattering
• rattling
• prattling
• gabbing
• jabbering
• gabbling
• babbling
• schmoozing
• chaffering
• jawing
• cackling
• blabbing
• kibitzing
• pattering
• discussing
• kibbitzing
• chinning
• rapping
• twittering
• visiting
• gossiping
• shmoozing
• gassing
• blowing smoke
• running on
• chewing the rag
• talking a blue streak
• chewing the fat
• shooting the breeze
• expatiating
• tattling
• yammering
• descanting
• yakking
• yapping
• yacking

2

as in coaxing

to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery

I let the salesclerk at the electronics store palaver me into a service contract that I didn't need

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coaxing
• wheedling
• cajoling
• blandishing
• seducing
• wooing
• luring
• sweet-talking
• begging
• enticing
• urging
• blarneying
• massaging
• importuning
• charming
• wangling
• adulating
• beseeching
• overpraising
• tempting
• flattering
• soft-soaping
• juggling
• buttering up
• cozening
• wiling
• finagling
• beguiling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• teasing
• harassing
• pestering
• nagging
• bugging
• bullying
• intimidating
• making
• requiring
• demanding
• browbeating
• forcing
• obliging
• constraining
• bulldozing
• compelling
• coercing
• cowing