Back-and-forth
Back-and-forth noun - An exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue.
Usage example: the others listened with relish to the back-and-forth between the two noted professors
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Synonyms for Back-and-forth
Dialogue and back-and-forth are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dialogue" instead a noun phrase "Back-and-forth".
Dialogue
Dialogue noun - An exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue.
Usage example: calling for an international dialogue on human rights
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Synonyms for Dialogue
Back-and-forth and dialogue are semantically related. You can use "Back-and-forth" instead a noun "Dialogue".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rap and back-and-forth
- rap and dialogue
- argument and back-and-forth
- argument and dialogue
- deliberation and back-and-forth
- deliberation and dialogue
- talk and back-and-forth
- talk and dialogue
- conversation and back-and-forth
- conversation and dialogue
- conference and back-and-forth
- conference and dialogue
- exchange and back-and-forth
- exchange and dialogue
Both words in one sentence
- You can find "said" after countless lines of dialogue, ranging from questions to back-and-forth conversations.
Source: Literature / Jack Reacher -
Tomb Raider: All over the place, particularly from the Core Design era, where the majority of spoken dialogue consists of snarky back-and-forth.
Source: World of Snark -
The worst case of this is a couple of dialogue scenes, for example the discussion between Rourke and Helga discuss the difference to the plan to sell the Heart of Atlantis, where the camera has to very awkwardly cut back-and-forth between two people standing right next to each other.
Source: Pan and Scan
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