palaver
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
flattery intended to persuade
Types & categories
- flattery hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
loud and confused and empty talk
mere rhetoric
Types & categories
- nonsense hypernym
Related & opposite
- piffle derivation
Sense 4 verb
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
He palavered her into going along
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- wheedling derivation
- coaxial cable derivation
- blandishment derivation
- soft soap derivation
- wheedler derivation
Sense 5 verb
have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds
Types & categories
- parley hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | coax |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flatter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flattery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | balderdash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | empty words |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jabber |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | humbug |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chitchat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | yak |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chatterer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | squealer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prattler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | twaddler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | blather |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | piffle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | nonsense |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wheedling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | coaxial cable |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | blandishment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | soft soap |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wheedler |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | persuade |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | soft-soap |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | swagger |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | parley |