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Textual thesaurus for "palaver"

(noun) empty talk, empty words, hot air, rhetoric

loud and confused and empty talk

mere rhetoric


(noun) cajolery, blandishment

flattery intended to persuade


(verb) inveigle, wheedle, blarney, coax, cajole, sweet-talk

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

He palavered her into going along


(verb) clack, chatter, prate, prattle, piffle, gabble, gibber, blab, blabber, maunder, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle

speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly