Discourse synonyms

adda, chat, chit-chat, colloquy, communication, confab, confabulation, conference, consultation, conversation, converse, debate, dialogue, discussion, interlocution, korero, palaver, parley, powwow, talk, and verbal exchange.

address, critique, disquisition, dissertation, essay, homily, lecture, monograph, oration, paper, peroration, sermon, speech, study, tract, and treatise.

dissertate, expatiate, give a speech, give a talk, give an address, hold forth, lecture, lucubrate, orate, perorate, pontificate, preach, preachify, sermonize, sound off, speechify, spiel, spout, talk, write at length, and write learnedly.

chat, chew the fat, confabulate, confer, consult, converse, debate, discuss matters, have a confab, have a discussion, parley, rap, speak, and talk.