Synonyms and related words :
article, chat, chin, coze, cozy chat, descant, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, essay, etude, examination, excursus, exposition, feature, first approach, friendly chat, gam, heart-to-heart talk, homily, introductory study, little talk, lucubration, memoir, monograph, morceau, note, outline, pandect, paper, paragraph, piece, preliminary study, prolegomenon, prose, rap, research paper, screed, sketch, special article, study, survey, talk, term paper, tete-a-tete, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise, treatment, visit, yarn