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cha·su·ble noun : the outer vestment of the priest at mass

chat noun 1 : light familiar informal talk

2 : online discussion in a chat room

— chat verb

Synonyms

chatter, chitchat, gabfest, gossip, palaver, rap, talk; also colloquy, conference, discourse, parley, powwow, symposium; debate, dialogue, exchange, give-and-take

chat verb : to talk in a light and familiar manner

Synonyms

gab, jaw, palaver, patter, talk, visit; also gossip, tattle; descant, discuss, expatiate

usually chat with speak, talk

châ·teau noun, plural châ·teaus or châ·teaux [ORIGIN: F, fr. OF chastel, fr. L castellum castle, dim. of castra camp]

1 : a feudal castle in France

2 : a large country house

3 : a French vineyard estate

chat·e·laine noun 1 : the mistress of a chateau

2 : a clasp or hook for a watch, purse, or keys

chat·tel noun 1 : an item of tangible property other than real estate

2 : a person held in servitude : SLAVE, BONDMAN

Synonyms usually chattels

effects, holdings, paraphernalia, possession, things—more at POSSESSION

chat room noun : a real-time online interactive discussion group

1chatter verb 1 : to utter speechlike but meaningless sounds

2 : to talk idly, incessantly, or fast

3 : to click repeatedly or uncontrollably

Synonyms

[1] babble, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle, sputter—more at BABBLE

[2] babble, blab, chat, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, palaver, patter, prattle, rap, rattle, run on—more at CHAT

2chatter noun : idle talk

chat·ter·box noun : one who talks incessantly

Synonyms

jabberer, magpie, talker; also gossip, tattler, tattletale

chat·ter·er noun : a person who rambles on and on

chat·ty adjective chat·ti·er; -est 1 : fond of chatting : TALKATIVE

2 : having the style and manner of light familiar conversation

— chat·ti·ly adverb

— chat·ti·ness noun

Synonyms

[1] conversational, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative—more at TALKATIVE

[2] colloquial, conversational, newsy; also casual, familiar, informal, intimate; digressive, discursive, rambling; communicative, expansive, garrulous, talkative

Antonyms

bookish, literary

1chauffeur noun [ORIGIN: F, lit., stoker, fr. chauffer to heat]

: a person employed to drive an automobile

2chauffeur verb chauf·feured; chauf·feur·ing 1 : to do the work of a chauffeur

2 : to transport in the manner of a chauffeur

chau·vin·ism noun [ORIGIN: F chauvinisme, fr. Nicolas Chauvin, fictional soldier of excessive patriotism and devotion to Napoleon]

1 : excessive or blind patriotism

2 : an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex

— chau·vin·is·tic adjective

— chau·vin·is·ti·cal·ly adverb

chau·vin·ist noun or adjective : one who practices chauvinism

cheap adjective 1 : of small cost : INEXPENSIVE

2 : costing little effort to obtain

3 : of inferior quality or worth : SHODDY

4 : worthy of scorn

5 : not generous or liberal in using, giving, or spending : STINGY

— cheap adverb

— cheap·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] cut-rate, inexpensive, low, reasonable; also moderate, popular; discounted, lowered, reduced; wholesale

Antonyms

costly, dear, expensive, high, premium

[3] bad, bum, coarse, common, cut-rate, execrable, inferior, junky, lousy, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, terrible, trashy, wretched; also useless, valueless, worthless; flashy, garish, gaudy, meretricious, showy, tawdry; seedy, shabby, tacky; counterfeit, fake, phony, sham

Antonyms

excellent, fine, first-rate, good, superior, top-notch

cheap·en verb 1 : to make or become cheap or cheaper in price or value

2 : to make tawdry

Synonyms

depreciate, depress, mark down, write off—more at DEPRECIATE

cheap·ness noun : the quality or state of being cheap

Synonyms

closeness, miserliness, parsimony, stinginess, tightness—more at PARSIMONY

cheap·skate noun : a miserly or stingy person; especially : one who tries to avoid paying a fair share of costs

Synonyms

miser, niggard, skinflint, tightwad—more at MISER