Conversationalist

//ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who participates in a conversation.

    "If you can just ask questions about a person and nod sagely then they will leave thinking you are a brilliant conversationalist."

  2. 2
    someone skilled at conversation wordnet
  3. 3
    A person skilled in general conversation.

    "But Shulgin, while a nimble conversationalist, can have trouble with names — of people and places, never chemicals."

Synonyms

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chatterboxcollocutorcolloquialistconversational partnerconversationistconverser

Example

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"Being a good conversationalist does not just mean being a good speaker of English."

Etymology

From conversational + -ist.

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