Synonyms & related words for shmooze

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Words related to shmooze

Explore words related to shmooze — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include shmoose, schmoose, schmooze, schmooz, schmoozy, bytalk, chitchat, gabfest. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does shmooze come from?

The word shmooze breaks down into one root of Yiddish origin: the root shmooze, from Yiddish shmues (“chat, idle talk (ultimately from Hebrew shemuoth, things heard)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.