CONFABULATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • have a conference in order to talk something over
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • We conferred about a plan of action
    Hypernyms(s) confabulate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • talk socially without exchanging too much information
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
    Hypernyms(s) confabulate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one’’s memory
    Hypernyms(s) confabulate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)