Palaver

Pronunciation: /ˈpæləvɚ/

Palaver (noun)

  1. A long and unnecessary conversation that wastes time.
  2. A complicated discussion, often involving negotiation or persuasion.

Examples

  • The meeting turned into a palaver about minor details.
  • Their conversation was just a palaver with no real purpose.

Common collocations: endless palaver, engage in palaver, intense palaver, enter a palaver, palaver endlessly

Palaver (verb)

  1. To talk for a long time about unimportant things.

Examples

  • They palavered for hours without reaching a conclusion.
  • Stop palavering and get to the point.

Synonyms of Palaver

Neutral

Informal

Antonyms of Palaver

  • — absence of talk or noise
  • — brief and to the point communication