schmoozed

verb

variants or shmoozed
past tense of schmooze
as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation spent every spare minute of the conference schmoozing with the industry's power players

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Recent Examples of schmoozed Nominees across all 24 categories mingled and schmoozed before taking part in the traditional class photo. — Deputy Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026 As a former International Monetary Fund researcher and head of the IMF’s China Division, Prasad schmoozed with the elect at the World Economic Forum and cruised around the world’s capitals in limousines. — Jamie Merchant, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmoozed
  1. chatted
  2. talked
  3. conversed
Verb
  • Co-showrunners Lyle, Nickerson, and Jonathan Lisco chatted about this possibility with EW following the finale.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Others chatted among themselves, wondering who knew Dominguez.
    — Matthew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • The $10,000 is for a retainer for legal representation, North said, and she’s already talked to a lawyer about their concerns.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Phillips-Fein recently talked to CNN about how those ideals have eroded in recent years and why some working- class and poor people embrace the belief that extreme inequality is good for America.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of talked
Verb
  • Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For a moment, two referees from the Falcons’ seventh training camp practice looked at each other, conversed and truly didn’t know what to rule.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of conversed

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“Schmoozed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmoozed. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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