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Definition of Confabulate
1. Verb. Unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory.
Category relationships: Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Psychopathology
Generic synonyms: Cook Up, Fabricate, Invent, Make Up, Manufacture
Derivative terms: Confabulation
Generic synonyms: Cook Up, Fabricate, Invent, Make Up, Manufacture
Derivative terms: Confabulation
2. Verb. Talk socially without exchanging too much information. "Sam cannot confabulate Sue "; "The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
Exact synonyms: Chaffer, Chat, Chatter, Chew The Fat, Chit-chat, Chitchat, Claver, Confab, Gossip, Jaw, Natter, Shoot The Breeze, Visit
Generic synonyms: Converse, Discourse
Specialized synonyms: Jawbone, Schmoose, Schmooze, Shmoose, Shmooze
Derivative terms: Chat, Chatter, Chatterer, Chit Chat, Chit-chat, Chitchat, Confabulation, Gossip, Visitor
Generic synonyms: Converse, Discourse
Specialized synonyms: Jawbone, Schmoose, Schmooze, Shmoose, Shmooze
Derivative terms: Chat, Chatter, Chatterer, Chit Chat, Chit-chat, Chitchat, Confabulation, Gossip, Visitor
3. Verb. Have a conference in order to talk something over. "Sam wants to confabulate with Sue "; "We conferred about a plan of action"
Exact synonyms: Confab, Confer, Consult
Generic synonyms: Discuss, Hash Out, Talk Over
Specialized synonyms: Collogue
Derivative terms: Confab, Confabulation, Conferee, Conference, Conference, Consultation, Consultation
Generic synonyms: Discuss, Hash Out, Talk Over
Specialized synonyms: Collogue
Derivative terms: Confab, Confabulation, Conferee, Conference, Conference, Consultation, Consultation
Definition of Confabulate
1. v. i. To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
Definition of Confabulate
1. Verb. (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To confer. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confabulate
1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confabulate
Literary usage of Confabulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced by John Bartlett (1906)
"I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. Pairing Time
Anticipated. Misses ! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry, ..."
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