dialogue

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: di=a=logue

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dialogue, n. (US dialog)
1 a conversation. b conversation in written form; this as a form of composition.
2 a a discussion, esp. one between representatives of two political groups. b a conversation, a talk (long dialogues between the two main characters).

Etymology

ME f. OF dialoge f. L dialogus f. Gk dialogos f. dialegomai converse

THESAURUS

dialogue

Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, airing, analysis, antimasque, audience success, ballet, bomb, broadcast drama, bull session, burlesque show, buzz session, canvassing, charade, chat, chinfest, cliff hanger, closet drama, colloquium, colloquy, comedy drama, communication, confab, confabulation, conference, consideration, conversation, converse, critical success, daytime serial, debate, debating, deliberation, dialectic, discussion, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, duodrama, duologue, epic theater, examination, exchange of views, experimental theater, extravaganza, failure, flop, forum, gasser, giveaway, happening, hit, hit show, huddle, improvisational drama, investigation, joint discussion, legitimate drama, logical analysis, logical discussion, masque, meeting, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, open discussion, open forum, opera, pageant, palaver, panel discussion, panel show, pantomime, parley, pastoral, pastoral drama, piece, play, playlet, problem play, psychodrama, question-and-answer session, quiz show, radio drama, rap, rap session, review, revue, seminar, sensational play, serial, show, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, speech, stage play, stage show, straight drama, study, success, suspense drama, symposium, tableau, tableau vivant, talk, talk show, talkfest, teleplay, television drama, television play, tete-a-tete, theater of cruelty, total theater, town meeting, treatment, trialogue, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, ventilation, word-of-mouth success, words, work

ROGET THESAURUS

dialogue

Conversation

N conversation, interlocution, collocution, colloquy, converse, confabulation, talk, discourse, verbal intercourse, oral communication, commerce, dialogue, duologue, trialogue, causerie, chat, chitchat, small talk, table talk, teatable talk, town talk, village talk, idle talk, tattle, gossip, tittle-tattle, babble, babblement, tripotage, cackle, prittle-prattle, cancan, on dit, talk of the town, talk of the village, conference, parley, interview, audience, pourparler, tete-a-tete, reception, conversazione, congress, powwow, hall of audience, durbar, palaver, debate, logomachy, war of words, gossip, tattler, Paul Pry, tabby, chatterer, interlocutor, conversationist, dialogist, the feast of reason and the flow of soul, mollia tempora fandi, conversing, interlocutory, conversational, conversable, discursive, discoursive, chatty, colloquial, with thee conversing I forget all time.