conversation stopper

1. 1.

   a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply

   Synonymsstopper

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Questions about conversation stopper

What does conversation stopper mean?

conversation stopper means "a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply".

What is another word for conversation stopper?

Close synonyms include stopper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conversation stopper a common word?

conversation stopper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.