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Synonyms for talk
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : tawk |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɔk |
Top 10 synonyms for talk Other synonyms for the word talk
- accost
- allocution
- allusion
- argot
- articulate
- babble
- badinage
- banter
- be in contact
- blather
- bombast
- broach
- bunk
- buzz
- cant
- canvass
- carry on conversation
- chalk talk
- chant
- chat
- chatter
- chew
- chitchat
- collogue
- colloquy
- comment on
- commune
- conclave
- confabulate
- confabulation
- confess
- confide
- converse
- cry
- declamation
- deliberate
- deliver a speech
- descant
- describe
- dialect
- dialogue
- discourse
- disquisition
- dissertation
- divulge
- drawl
- drone
- earful
- encounter
- engage in conversation
- epilogue
- exchange
- exhortation
- expatiation
- express
- eyeball-to-eyeball
- flap one's tongue
- gab
- gabble
- give a talk
- give speech
- give voice to
- go into a huddle
- gossip
- grapevine
- groupthink
- harangue
- have a meet
- hearsay
- hint
- hold discussion
- hold forth
- homily
- hot air
- huddle
- idle talk
- induce
- influence
- innuendo
- insinuation
- interact
- interface
- interlocution
- interview
- intone
- jargon
- jaw
- jive
- join in conversation
- keep in touch
- lecture
- lingo
- lip
- locution
- meeting
- monologue
- negotiate
- negotiation
- network
- noise
- nonsense
- notify
- orate
- oration
- palaver
- parlance
- parley
- patois
- patter
- peroration
- persiflage
- persuade
- pitch
- powwow
- prate
- prattle
- prelect
- prelection
- pronounce
- prose
- racket
- raillery
- reach out
- reason
- recitation
- relate
- report
- reveal
- rhapsodize
- rot
- rubbish
- rumble
- rumor
- run on
- say
- screed
- scuttlebutt
- seminar
- sermon
- sermonize
- sing
- slang
- small talk
- soliloquize
- speak
- speaking
- speech
- spiel
- spill the beans
- spout
- squeak
- squeal
- straight talk
- stump
- sway
- symposium
- talk one's leg off
- tell
- tell all
- tête-à-tête
- thrash out
- touch
- touch base
- trash
- use
- utter
- utterance
- vent
- ventilation
- ventriloquize
- verbalization
- verbalize
- visit
- vocalization
- voice
- words
- yak
- yarn
Définition of talk
Origin :- early 13c., talken, probably a diminutive or frequentative form related to Middle English tale "story," ultimately from the same source as tale (cf. hark from hear, stalk from steal) and replacing that word as a verb. East Frisian has talken "to talk, chatter, whisper." Related: Talked; talking.
- To talk shop is from 1854. To talk turkey is from 1824, supposedly from an elaborate joke about a swindled Indian. To talk back "answer impudently or rudely" is from 1869. Phrase talking head is by 1966 in the jargon of television production, "an in-tight closeup of a human head talking on television." In reference to a person who habitually appears on television in talking-head shots (usually a news anchor), by 1970. The phrase is used earlier, in reference to the well-known magic trick (e.g. Senior Wences talking head-in-the-box trick on the "Ed Sullivan Show"), and to actual talking heads in mythology around the world (e.g. Orpheus, Bran).
- noun speech, address to group
- noun gossip
- noun discussion
- noun communication with language
- verb produce words; inform
- verb discuss with another
- verb address group
- They rile me—that talk about 'people in the humbler walks of life.'
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The laughter and talk were as little subdued as the scheme of the rooms.
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- I haven't told you yet the reason—a new reason—why you must talk to Avice.
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- People can talk all they want to about your bein' just a dub—I won't believe 'em.
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- The music flooded the hall and the room, so that the talk died low.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And he's likely to talk the most execrable slang, or to quote Browning.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He had seen her only at a distance since their talk at Newport.
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- Sit here, and we'll talk it over sensibly, before you get ready.
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- Just sit around and talk wise about me all you want to, but watch.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "That's the way to talk, darlint," said his mother, approvingly.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
Antonyms for talk
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