parley

The word “parley” has 2 syllables: par-ley

It's pronounced as /ˈpɑːr.leɪ/


What is synonym and antonym for parley?

In the thesaurus, “parley” has 78 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for parley along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for parley

  • advise
  • argue
  • argument
  • argumentation
  • argy-bargy
  • assembly
  • back-and-forth
  • bandy
  • bargaining
  • brainstorming
  • bull session
  • caucus
  • chat
  • chat room
  • chew over
  • coach
  • colloquium
  • colloquy
  • conclave
  • confab
  • confabulate
  • confabulation
  • confer
  • conference
  • congregation
  • congress
  • consistory
  • consult
  • consultancy
  • consultation
  • convention
  • conversation
  • convocation
  • council
  • counsel
  • debate
  • deliberate
  • deliberation
  • dialog
  • dialogue
  • direct
  • discourse
  • discuss
  • discussion
  • dispute
  • disquisition
  • forum
  • give-and-take
  • guide
  • huddle
  • kick around
  • meeting
  • moot
  • negotiation
  • newsgroup
  • palaver
  • panel
  • panel discussion
  • pourparler
  • rap
  • recommend
  • rehash
  • round-robin
  • roundtable
  • seminar
  • skull practice
  • skull session
  • suggest
  • symposium
  • synod
  • talk
  • talk over
  • talkathon
  • town meeting
  • treat
  • tutor
  • ventilate
  • words

Antonyms for parley

Meanings of parley

  • noun
    1. A conference, especially one between enemies.
  • verb
    1. To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.

Example Sentences

  • The two opposing generals agreed to a parley before the battle commenced.
  • Pirates often used a parley to negotiate terms instead of resorting to violence.
  • The diplomats arranged a secret parley to discuss the peace treaty.
  • A parley between the warring factions was held to prevent further bloodshed.
  • The medieval kings held a parley to settle their territorial disputes.

On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to parley, such as: advise, argue, argument, argumentation, argy-bargy, assembly, back-and-forth.

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Related Words

gab

back-and-forth

  • alternating
  • argument
  • argumentation
  • argy-bargy
  • backwards and forwards
  • bargain
  • bargaining
  • barter
  • bull session
  • chat
  • chat room
  • colloquy
  • commutation
  • confab
  • confabulation
  • conference
  • consult
  • consultancy
  • consultation
  • conversation
  • council
  • counsel
  • deal
  • dealing
  • debate
  • deliberation
  • dialog
  • dialogue
  • dicker
  • dickering
  • discourse
  • discussion
  • disquisition
  • exchange
  • forum
  • from pillar to post
  • from side to side
  • give-and-take
  • haggling
  • horse trade
  • horse trading
  • in and out
  • logrolling
  • meeting
  • negotiation
  • palaver
  • parley
  • pourparler
  • quid pro quo
  • rap
  • reciprocation
  • recompense
  • replacement
  • requital
  • roundtable
  • seesaw
  • seminar
  • skull practice
  • skull session
  • substitution
  • swap
  • symposium
  • talk
  • talkathon
  • to and fro
  • trade
  • trade-off
  • transaction
  • truck
  • up and down
  • vacillating
  • words

backchat

cackle

earful

  • account
  • admonishment
  • admonition
  • adumbration
  • advice
  • affliction
  • ammo
  • announcement
  • apocalypse
  • argument
  • avalanche
  • babble
  • back-fence talk
  • barrage
  • bawling-out
  • berating
  • betrayal
  • blame
  • blather
  • blether
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • blow-by-blow
  • bombardment
  • break
  • breeze
  • broadcasting
  • broadside
  • bruit
  • bulletin
  • burst
  • buzz
  • calumny
  • canard
  • cannonade
  • cannonball
  • castigation
  • cataclysm
  • cataract
  • censure
  • chapter and verse
  • chat
  • chatter
  • chewing-out
  • chiding
  • chitchat
  • chronicle
  • clothesline
  • clue
  • colloquy
  • comeuppance
  • comment
  • communication
  • conclave
  • condemnation
  • confabulation
  • conference
  • confidence
  • consultation
  • conversation
  • correction
  • counsel
  • cry
  • cue
  • current
  • data
  • defamation
  • deliberation
  • deluge
  • dialogue
  • directive
  • dirt
  • dirty laundry
  • dirty linen
  • dirty wash
  • disapproval
  • discharge
  • discovery
  • dispatch
  • display
  • divination
  • divulgement
  • dope
  • dossier
  • dressing-down
  • drumbeat
  • drumfire
  • encounter
  • engulfment
  • enlightenment
  • epiphany
  • epistle
  • erudition
  • excess
  • exhibition
  • exposition
  • expostulation
  • exposure
  • eye-opener
  • eyeball-to-eyeball
  • fabrication
  • falsehood
  • fame
  • fiction
  • flash
  • flood
  • flood tide
  • flurry
  • flush
  • foreshadowing
  • fusillade
  • glut
  • going-over
  • gossip
  • gossipry
  • grapevine
  • gush
  • hail
  • hard time
  • hash
  • hearsay
  • hoax
  • huddle
  • idle talk
  • illumination
  • info
  • information
  • injury
  • innuendo
  • inside story
  • inspiration
  • instruction
  • intelligence
  • interlocution
  • interview
  • intimation
  • inundation
  • invention
  • kick in the teeth
  • knowledge
  • leak
  • learning
  • lecture
  • lesson
  • letter
  • lie
  • lightning bolt
  • lore
  • lowdown
  • malicious talk
  • manifestation
  • material
  • meddling
  • meeting
  • memo
  • memorandum
  • message
  • missive
  • murmur
  • negotiation
  • network
  • news
  • note
  • notice
  • notification
  • notoriety
  • objurgation
  • oracle
  • orientation
  • ostracism
  • outburst
  • outflow
  • outpouring
  • overabundance
  • overage
  • overflow
  • overkill
  • overmuch
  • oversupply
  • palaver
  • paper
  • parlance
  • parley
  • prate
  • prating
  • prattle
  • proclamation
  • propaganda
  • prophecy
  • publication
  • punishment
  • put down
  • rap
  • rash
  • rating
  • rebuff
  • refusal
  • remonstrance
  • report
  • reprehension
  • reproach
  • reproof
  • reproval
  • repulse
  • repute
  • river
  • row
  • rumble
  • rumor
  • salvo
  • scandal
  • science
  • scolding
  • scoop
  • score
  • scuttlebutt
  • seminar
  • shower
  • showing
  • sign
  • slander
  • slap in the face
  • small talk
  • snub
  • spate
  • speech
  • spiel
  • storm
  • story
  • straight talk
  • stream
  • suggestion
  • superabundance
  • superfluity
  • supposition
  • surfeit
  • surge
  • surplus
  • symposium
  • tale
  • talk
  • talking-to
  • tattle
  • telling-off
  • the latest
  • tide
  • tidings
  • tip
  • tittle-tattle
  • tongue-lashing
  • torrent
  • uncovering
  • unearthing
  • unveiling
  • upbraiding
  • ventilation
  • vision
  • visit
  • volley
  • whisper
  • whispering
  • whispering campaign
  • whole story
  • wire
  • wisdom
  • word

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