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/ʃmuːz/ · verb
(intransitive) To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection..
I wish he could do his job as well as he schmoozes with the boss.
Until about 4 A.M. there were almost no patients to be seen, and I enjoyed the chance to schmooze with my brother.
But the issue goes beyond that, to a willful ignorance of history. No one schmoozed more or better with legislators in both parties than Clinton.
On Thursday he was back in the capitalist hot hub, this time in the company of Goldsmith for a hustings at the home of KPMG organised by the LCCI and other business groups. Who would schmooze the suits to best effect?
On election night, Trump campaign staff set up a war room in Trump’s office at Mar-a-Lago, poring over incoming returns as the candidate schmoozed in the club’s ballroom with Musk and UFC chief Dana White.
Use schmooze when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Schmooze means (intransitive) To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I wish he could do his job as well as he schmoozes with the boss.
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