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SCHMOOZER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone skilled at conversation

Synonyms:

conversationalist; conversationist; schmoozer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("schmoozer" is a kind of...):

speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schmoozer"):

deipnosophist (someone skilled at informal chitchat)

conversational partner; interlocutor (a person who takes part in a conversation)

Derivation:

schmooze (talk idly or casually and in a friendly way)

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