intj · name · noun · verb · 23 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈt͡ʃæt/
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Australia:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -æt
CMU ARPABET:CH AE1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
intj
Meaning 1
Used to introduce a question, to address all the other people present.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, informal
Examples
Chat, is this real?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: I don't suppose
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
ChatGPT.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Chatty G
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Informal conversation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Internet Relay Chat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, uncountable
Examples
"Type yes in (the) chat if you can hear me."
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, often, slang
Examples
Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
19
verb
Meaning 19
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Do you want to chat online later?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
20
noun
Meaning 20
songbirds having a chattering call
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chat Clipping of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.
Clipping of ChatGPT.
Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad.
Unknown.
From thieves' cant.
Across languages
Translations
397 source translations are retained for this English entry.