Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to palaver
Participle: palaverred
Gerund: palaverring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | palaver |
| you | palaver |
| he;she;it | palavers |
| we | palaver |
| you | palaver |
| they | palaver |
Perfect
| I | have palaverred |
| you | have palaverred |
| he;she;it | has palaverred |
| we | have palaverred |
| you | have palaverred |
| they | have palaverred |
Past
| I | palaverred |
| you | palaverred |
| he;she;it | palaverred |
| we | palaverred |
| you | palaverred |
| they | palaverred |
Pluperfect
| I | had palaverred |
| you | had palaverred |
| he;she;it | had palaverred |
| we | had palaverred |
| you | had palaverred |
| they | had palaverred |
Future
| I | will palaver |
| you | will palaver |
| he;she;it | will palaver |
| we | will palaver |
| you | will palaver |
| they | will palaver |
Future Perfect
| I | will have palaverred |
| you | will have palaverred |
| he;she;it | will have palaverred |
| we | will have palaverred |
| you | will have palaverred |
| they | will have palaverred |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | palaver |
| you | palaver |
| he;she;it | palaver |
| we | palaver |
| you | palaver |
| they | palaver |
Perfect
| I | have palaverred |
| you | have palaverred |
| he;she;it | have palaverred |
| we | have palaverred |
| you | have palaverred |
| they | have palaverred |
Imperfect
| I | palaverred |
| you | palaverred |
| he;she;it | palaverred |
| we | palaverred |
| you | palaverred |
| they | palaverred |
Pluperfect
| I | had palaverred |
| you | had palaverred |
| he;she;it | had palaverred |
| we | had palaverred |
| you | had palaverred |
| they | had palaverred |
Conditional
Present
| I | would palaver |
| you | would palaver |
| he;she;it | would palaver |
| we | would palaver |
| you | would palaver |
| they | would palaver |
Perfect
| I | would have palaverred |
| you | would have palaverred |
| he;she;it | would have palaverred |
| we | would have palaverred |
| you | would have palaverred |
| they | would have palaverred |
Imperative
| you | palaver |
| we | Let's palaver |
| you | palaver |
Verbs conjugated like 'palaver'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'palaver'
calver,
claver,
glaver,
palace,
palate,
palter,
slaver,
alter,
aver,
balter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to talk too much; to talk idly
- babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat, chunner, clack, claver, clepe, drivel, gabble, gibber, go on, jabber, maunder, natter, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wibble, witter, yabber, yack, yap, yatter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Originally nautical slang, from Portuguese palavra (“word”), from Late Latin parabola (“parable, speech”). The term's use (especially in Africa) mimics the evolution of the word moot. As such, for sense development, see moot. Doublet of parable, parole, and parabola.
Verbs referencing "palaver"
Spanish
parlotear.
Sample Sentences
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“Come, come, Captain Bildad; stop palavering,—away!” and with that, Peleg hurried him over the side, and both dropt into the boat. [1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 21:]
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“That,” he rejoined, “is a way we Americans have. We cannot stop to palaver. What would become of our manifest destiny?” [1860 April, Atlantic Monthly, volume 5, number 30:]
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Dodd never spoke to his officers like a ruffian, nor yet palavered them. [1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash:]