CONFABULATE

• 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.

• 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