confabulate

Meaning of confabulate

verb
  1. engage in conversation; talk.
    she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone
  2. fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory.
    she has lapses in attention and concentration—she may be confabulating a little

early 17th century: from Latin confabulat- ‘chatted together’, from the verb confabulari, from con- ‘together’ + fabulari (from fabula ‘fable’).

Information about confabulate

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of confabulate is: confabulates.
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Hyphenation of confabulate

con-fab-u-late

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
  • confabulate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

confabulate synonyms

Meaning chew the fat:

chat, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit

Meaning confer:

confer, confab, consult

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