confab | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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(verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confabulate, confer, consult |
confabulate | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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(verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confab, confer, consult |
(verb) unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory | - |
confect | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confection |
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(verb) make or construct | - |
confection | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confect |
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confederate | (verb) form a group or unite | Synonyms: band together |
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(verb) form a confederation with; of nations | - |
confer | (verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confab, confabulate, consult |
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(verb) present | Synonyms: bestow |
confess | (verb) confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | Synonyms: fink, squeal |
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(verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: concede, profess |
(verb) confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith | - |
confide | (verb) reveal in private; tell confidentially | - |
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(verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, entrust, intrust, trust |
configure | (verb) set up for a particular purpose | - |
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confine | (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel |
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(verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: constrain, hold, restrain |
(verb) prevent from leaving or from being removed | - |
(verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | Synonyms: detain |
(verb) close in | Synonyms: enclose, hold in |
confirm | (verb) make more firm | - |
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(verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain |
(verb) strengthen or make more firm | Synonyms: reassert |
(verb) administer the rite of confirmation to | - |
(verb) support a person for a position | - |
confiscate | (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, impound, seize, sequester |
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conflagrate | (verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, combust, erupt, ignite, take fire |
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(verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: enkindle, inflame, kindle |
conflate | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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conflict | (verb) go against, as of rules and laws | Synonyms: contravene, infringe, run afoul |
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(verb) be in conflict | - |
conform | (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, adjust |
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(verb) be similar, be in line with | - |
confound | (verb) mistake one thing for another | Synonyms: confuse |
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(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
confront | (verb) deal with (something unpleasant) head on | Synonyms: face, face up |
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(verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize | Synonyms: face, present |
(verb) oppose, as in hostility or a competition | Synonyms: face |
(verb) be face to face with | - |
confuse | (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, obnubilate, obscure |
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(verb) mistake one thing for another | Synonyms: confound |
(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
(verb) assemble without order or sense | Synonyms: jumble, mix up |
(verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: disconcert, flurry, put off |
confute | (verb) prove to be false | Synonyms: disprove |
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