CONFABULATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does confabulate mean?
• CONFABULATE (verb)
The verb CONFABULATE has 3 senses:
1. unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
2. talk socially without exchanging too much information
3. have a conference in order to talk something over
Familiarity information: CONFABULATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CONFABULATE (verb)
Meaning:
Unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "confabulate" is one way to...):
cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (make up something artificial or untrue)
Domain category:
psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Talk socially without exchanging too much information
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
shoot the breeze; natter; jaw; confab; claver; chitchat; chew the fat; chat; confabulate; gossip; chaffer; chatter; visit
Context example:
the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Hypernyms (to "confabulate" is one way to...):
converse; discourse (carry on a conversation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confabulate"):
jawbone; schmoose; schmooze; shmoose; shmooze (talk idly or casually and in a friendly way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Have a conference in order to talk something over
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
confer; confab; confabulate; consult
Context example:
We conferred about a plan of action
Hypernyms (to "confabulate" is one way to...):
discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confabulate"):
collogue (confer secretly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
