1. (psychiatry) unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
   "The patient confabulated, filling in memory gaps with imagined experiences"
    
2. Talk socially without exchanging too much information
   "the men were sitting in the cafe and confabulating";
   - chew the fat [informal], shoot the breeze [N. Amer, informal], chat, confab [informal], chitchat [informal], chit-chat [informal], chatter, chaffer, natter [informal], gossip, jaw [informal], claver [UK, dialect], visit [N. Amer, informal], gas [informal], chew the rag [informal], gab [informal], chinwag [Brit, informal]
    
3. Have a discussion
   "We confabulated about a plan of action";
   - confer, confab [informal], consult

Derived forms: confabulated, confabulates, confabulating

Type of: converse, cook up [informal], discourse, discuss, fabricate, hash out, invent, make up, manufacture, talk over

Encyclopedia: Confabulate