Definition of converse

"converse" in the noun sense

1. converse

a proposition obtained by conversion

"converse" in the verb sense

1. converse, discourse

carry on a conversation

"converse" in the adjective sense

1. converse

of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other

"`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"

2. converse, reversed, transposed

turned about in order or relation

"transposed letters"

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Quotations for converse

Many can argue - not many converse. [ A. Bronson Alcott ]

Words learned by rote, a parrot may rehearse;
But talking is not always to converse. [ William Cowper ]

That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues. [ Beaumont and Fletcher ]

Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only. [ A. Bronson Alcott ]

Studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty Dead. [ Thomson ]

When hearts hold converse, other parts of the body are in repose. [ Al-Misri ]

Can a man help imitating that with which he holds reverential converse? [ Plato ]

You converse daily with the devil, and pretend to be frighted with a mouse. [ Proverb ]

Whilst we converse with what is above us, we do not grow old, but grow young. [ Emerson ]

Him who lonely loves to seek the distant hills, and there converse with nature. [ Thomson ]

Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit; but God to man doth speak in solitude. [ John Stuart Blackie ]

No one is qualified to converse in public who is not highly contented without such conversation. [ Thomas à Kempis ]

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company. [ Swift ]

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage, that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over. [ Emerson ]

There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the mere intrinsic worth of what they have left us. [ Brydges ]

We so converse every night with the image of death that every morning we find an argument of the resurrection. Sleep and death have but one mother, and they have one name in common. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

When I meet with any persons who write obscurely or converse confusedly, I am apt to suspect two things; first, that such persons do not understand themselves; and secondly, that they are not worthy of being understood by others. [ Colton ]

Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human life; for while we converse, the hours, as if envious of our pleasure, fly away. Enjoy, therefore, the present time, and trust not too much to what tomorrow may produce. [ Horace ]

Living authors, therefore, are usually bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen - for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. [ Colton ]

If a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter (speaking as to the concernments of this world), if a man spent his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw; but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of conversation while he is in it, let him make use of truth and sincerity in all his words and actions; for nothing but this will last and hold out to the end. [ Tillotson ]

converse in Scrabble®

The word converse is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters converse:

CONVERSE
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

encores, necrose

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word converse

CONVERSE
(153)
CONVERSE
(126)
CONVERSE
(102)
CONVERSE
(84)
CONVERSE
(52)
CONVERSE
(52)
CONVERSE
(48)
CONVERSE
(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
CONVERSE
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CONVERSE
(36)
CONVERSE
(34)
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CONVERSE
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CONVERSE
(32)
CONVERSE
(30)
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(30)
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(30)
CONVERSE
(30)
CONVERSE
(28)
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)
CONVERSE
(28)
CONVERSE
(26)
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CONVERSE
(23)
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(21)
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(19)
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(18)
CONVERSE
(17)
CONVERSE
(17)
CONVERSE
(16)
CONVERSE
(15)
CONVERSE
(15)
CONVERSE
(15)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In converse

CONVERSE
(153)
CONVERSE
(126)
CONVERSE
(102)
ENCORES
(86 = 36 + 50)
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(84)
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(74 = 24 + 50)
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(60 = 10 + 50)
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(52)
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(52)
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(48)
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(45)
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(45)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(39)
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(39)
COVEN
(39)
COVER
(39)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
OVENS
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OVERS
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)

converse in Words With Friends™

The word converse is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters converse:

CONVERSE
(156)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

encores, necrose

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word converse

CONVERSE
(156)
CONVERSE
(108)
CONVERSE
(84)
CONVERSE
(84)
CONVERSE
(84)
CONVERSE
(80)
CONVERSE
(68)
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(66)
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(64)
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(64)
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(60)
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(60)
CONVERSE
(54)
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(54)
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(52)
CONVERSE
(48)
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(40)
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(36)
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(36)
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(34)
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(34)
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(32)
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(28)
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(26)
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(23)
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(18)
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(18)
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(18)
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(18)
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(18)
CONVERSE
(17)
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(17)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In converse

CONVERSE
(156)
CONVERSE
(108)
NECROSE
(104 = 69 + 35)
ENCORES
(98 = 63 + 35)
COVENS
(96)
COVERS
(93)
ENCORES
(86 = 51 + 35)
CONVERSE
(84)
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(84)
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(84)
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(80)
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(80 = 45 + 35)
ENCORES
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COVENS
(72)
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(69)
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(68)
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(66)
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(66)
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(66)
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(66)
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(65 = 30 + 35)
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CONVERSE
(64)
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(64)
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(63)
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(63)
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(63)
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EVENS
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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OVERS
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Words containing the sequence converse

Words that start with converse (6 words)

Words with converse in them (2 words)

Words that end with converse (1 word)

Word Growth involving converse

Shorter words in converse

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Longer words containing converse

conversed unconversed

conversely

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