confabulator

con·fab·u·late

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuh n-fab-yuh-leyt]
- /kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuh n-fab-yuh-leyt]
- /kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt/

Definitions of confabulator word

verb without object confabulator to converse informally; chat. 1
verb without object confabulator Psychiatry. to engage in confabulation. 1
noun confabulator One who confabulates. 1

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Origin of confabulator

First appearance:

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

1605-15; < Latin confābulātus (past participle of confābulārī to talk together), equivalent to con- con- + fābul(a) conversation (see fable) + -ātus -ate1

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Parts of speech for Confabulator

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Confabulator

confabulator popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

confabulator usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for confabulator

noun confabulator

chatterbox — A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot.
speaker — Tris(tram E.) 1888–1958, U.S. baseball player.
talker — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
chatterer — A chatterer is the same as a chatterbox.
conversationalist — A good conversationalist is someone who talks about interesting things when they have conversations.

All 5 Synonyms of confabulator

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