THESAURUS
bandy words
argue, argufy, bicker, cavil, chew the fat, chew the rag, chin, choplogic, colloque, colloquize, commerce with, commune with, communicate, communicate with, confab, confabulate, contend, contest, converse, converse with, cross swords, cut and thrust, discept, discourse with, dispute, give and take, hassle, have it out, join issue, lock horns, logomachize, moot, pettifog, plead, polemicize, polemize, quibble, shoot the breeze, spar, speak with, take counsel with, take sides, talk together, thrash out, try conclusions, visit with, wrangle
ROGET THESAURUS
bandy words
Conversation
VB
talk together, converse, confabulate, hold on a conversation, carry on a conversation, join in a conversation, engage in a conversation, put in a word, shine in conversation,
bandy words, parley, palaver, chat, gossip, tattle, prate, powwow, discourse with, confer with, commune with, commerce with, hold converse, hold conference, hold intercourse, talk it over, be closeted with, talk with one in private, tete-a-tete.
Reasoning,
VB
reason, argue, discuss, debate, dispute, wrangle, argufy,
bandy words, bandy arguments, chop logic, hold an argument, carry on an argument, controvert, canvass, comment upon, moralize upon, spiritualize, consider, open a discussion, open a case, try conclusions, join issue, be at issue, moot, come to the point, stir a question, agitate a question, ventilate a question, torture a question, take up a side, take up a case, contend, take one's stand upon, insist, lay stress on, infer, follow from.