sible, approachable, receptive.
2. communicative, expansive, open, free, unreserved, unrestrained, unreticent; frank, candid, up front, straightforward, unsecretive; talkative, loquacious, garrulous, voluble, chatty, SI. gabby.
3. conversational, colloquial, interlocutory, confab-ulatory.
conversant, adj. 1. Usu.
conversant with acquainted with, familiar with, instructed in, knowledgeable in, versed in; learned, skilled, practiced, proficient; apprised of, informed of, privy to, in on.
2. acquainted, familiar, mutually known or recognized; sociable with, friendly with, on good terms with, comfortable with; known to say hello to.
conversation, n. 1. talk, dialogue, discourse, colloquy, converse, interlocution, verbal exchange; chat, chitchat, palaver, confabulation, Inf. confab, little talk, causerie, table talk.
2. conference, meeting, parley, parlance, huddle, Inf. powwow; discussion, t€te-ck-tSte, SI. bull session, SI. rap session, SI. rap; interview, audience, sitting.
3. association, intimate acquaintance, familiarity, communion, community, fellowship, social intercourse; communication, correspondence, contact, touch, connection.
conversational, adj. 1. colloquial, interlocutory, confabulatory, discoursive.
2. communicative, expansive, open, free, unrestrained, unreserved, unreticent, conversable; frank, candid, straightforward, unsecretive; talkative, loquacious, garrulous, voluble, chatty, SI. gabby.
converse1, v. 1. talk, discuss, speak, chat, chitchat, confabulate, Inf confab, coze, pass the time of day, Brit. Dial, tell, SI. rap, SI. chin, SI. chew the fat or rag, SI. shoot the breeze or bull, SI. bull; talk or speak with, have a talk or little talk with, commune with, communicate with, visit with.
-n. 2. conversation, talk, dialogue. See - conversa
tion (def. 1).
converse2, adj. 1. transposed, reversed, turned round or around, contrary, opposite.
-n. 2. the opposite, the antithesis, the contrary; the reverse, mirror or reverse image; the obverse, the other side, the other side of the coin or picture, SI. the flip side.
conversion, n. 1. transmutation, transubstantia-tion, transfigurement, metamorphosis, translation, transmogrification; change, alteration, adaptation, modification, permutation, mutation; reshaping, recasting, refashioning, remaking, redoing; restyling, remodeling, reconstruction, rebuilding.
2. proselytism, shift in belief or attitude, change of heart; spiritual growth, regeneration, rebirth, rebaptism.
3. transposition, metathesis, permutation, inversion, reversal; commutation, substitution, exchange, interchange; switch, trade, swap; shift, shifting, moving around, reordering, reorganization, rearrangement.
4. expropriation, taking without permission, stealing, embezzlement, peculation; misappropriation, misuse, diversion, deflection.
convert, v. 1. transmute, transubstantiate, transform, transfigure, metamorphose, translate, transmogrify; change, alter, modify, permute, mutate, metabolize; transshape, reshape, recast, refashion, remake, redo; restyle, remodel, reconstruct, rebuild; make into, transform into, change into, adapt to or into.
2. proselytize, cause to change religion or belief; regenerate, create anew, give new life, cause to be reborn, rebaptize.