Dictionary.com

confabulate

[ kuhn-fab-yuh-leyt ]
/ kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt /
Save This Word!
See synonyms for: confabulate / confabulator on Thesaurus.com
verb (used without object), con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing.
to converse informally; chat.
Psychiatry. to replace a gap in one's memory by a falsification that one believes to be true; engage in confabulation.
QUIZ
QUIZ YOURSELF ON AFFECT VS. EFFECT!
In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”
Question 1 of 7
The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
affect
effect
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT
Meet Grammar CoachWrite or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar helpImprove Your Writing
Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing
Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Origin of confabulate

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin confābulātus (past participle of confābulārī “to talk together, discuss”); see con-, fable, -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM confabulate

con·fab·u·la·tor, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022

Words related to confabulate

chaffer, chat, chatter, chitchat, confab, discuss, palaver, speak, talk

British Dictionary definitions for confabulate

confabulate
/ (kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt) /
verb (intr)
to talk together; converse; chat
psychiatry to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be trueSee also paramnesia

Derived forms of confabulate

confabulation, nounconfabulator, nounconfabulatory, adjective

Word Origin for confabulate

C17: from Latin confābulārī, from fābulārī to talk, from fābula a story; see fable
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
FEEDBACK