Synonyms for talking back
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tawk |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɔk |
Top 10 synonyms for talking back Other synonyms for the word talking back
- act in response
- agitate
- altercate
- answer back
- argue over
- argufy
- avoid
- back at you
- back talk
- backfire
- bandy
- battle
- be affected
- be in touch
- be in touch with
- bicker
- blow hot and cold
- boomerang
- bounce back
- break with
- buck
- bump heads
- canvass
- catch at straws
- cavil
- chew the fat
- chicane
- cogitate
- come back at
- come in
- comeback
- confab
- confute
- contest
- controvert
- counter
- counterclaim
- crack
- criticize
- cross
- cross swords
- defend
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- deny
- differ
- disagree
- discept
- disprove
- dispute
- echo
- equivocate
- evade
- explain
- face down
- face off
- feedback
- feel
- feel for
- fence
- feud
- field the question
- flip-flop
- function
- gang up on
- get back at
- get back to
- get in one's face
- get in touch
- give a snappy comeback
- give back
- go one on one
- hammer
- hammer away
- hammer away at
- hash
- hash over
- hassle
- have a funny feeling
- have at each other
- have at it
- have vibes
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- jump
- jump on
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- make a big thing about
- mix it up
- moot
- niggle
- nit-pick
- nitpick
- operate
- oppose
- paralogize
- parry
- perform
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- pick an argument
- pick to pieces
- plead
- pretend
- prevaricate
- proceed
- prove
- put up a fight
- put up a struggle
- put up an argument
- put up argument
- quarrel
- question
- quibble
- react
- reason
- rebound
- rebut
- reciprocate
- recoil
- recur
- refute
- rehash
- rejoin
- remark
- repay
- reply
- requite
- resolve
- respond
- retaliate
- retort
- return
- revert
- riposte
- row
- sass
- say
- set to
- settle
- shift
- shoot back
- snap back
- sock it to
- solve
- spar
- split hairs
- squabble
- squelch
- stick it to
- take
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- top
- toss around
- turn back
- waffle
- work
- wrangle
Définition of talking back
Origin :- late 15c., "speech, discourse, conversation," from talk (v.). Meaning "informal lecture or address" is from 1859. Talk of the town first recorded 1620s. Talk show first recorded 1965; talk radio is from 1985.
- As in argue : verb verbally fight
- As in quibble : verb disagree over minor issues
- As in react : verb respond; conduct oneself
- As in respond : verb act in answer to something
- As in retort : verb answer
- As in pettifog : verb quibble
- As in debate : verb argue, discuss
- As in answer : verb reply, react
- It is really no place for talking back, perhaps they think, on a mountain.
- Extract from : « The Voice of the Machines » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- Toad was at first inclined to stop and do some talking back at him.
- Extract from : « The Wind in the Willows » by Kenneth Grahame
- There were two voices in the room, and they were talking back and forth.
- Extract from : « The Calm Man » by Frank Belknap Long
- Didnt you think you heard her sort of talking back at me, Dick?
- Extract from : « Tom Fairfield in Camp » by Allen Chapman
- Well, with all the talking back and forth we done about them ghosts we couldn't agree.
- Extract from : « Danny's Own Story » by Don Marquis
- We can make a mystery out of not hearing the person that was talking back, you know.
- Extract from : « The Radio Detectives » by A. Hyatt Verrill
- Stopping runaway teams and talking back to impudent policemen have been my delight.
- Extract from : « A Proposal Under Difficulties » by John Kendrick Bangs
- The Rebs must have more guns than we thought, for they are talking back at a great rate.
- Extract from : « Diary of an Enlisted Man » by Lawrence Van Alstyne
- The slaves were punished for stealing, running off, not doing what their master told them and for talking back to their master.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
- The monkey chattered, just as if he were talking back, and then he began slowly climbing down the tree.
- Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm » by Laura Lee Hope
Antonyms for talking back
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