Talk

//tɔːk//

Synonyms for "talk" (445 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (134)

confer confess consider consult consultation controvert conversation converse with convince crap criticize crow cry deal with debate declaim declamation deliberate deliberate upon deliberation

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deliver an address denigrate deprecate depreciate dialect dialogue diatribe diction diminish dirt discourse discourse about discuss discussion disparage disquisition dissertation dither dope duologue elocution eulogy exaggerate examine exchange exchange views exercise exhortation exposition expression filibuster flap flying rumor forensic forensic address formal speech formulation funeral oration gab gabble gas gibber gibble-gabble give a talk give away go into go on gossip gossiping gossipmongering gossipry grammar grapevine grass groundless rumor gush handle harangue have dealings with have intercourse have truck with haver hearsay hogwash hokum hold communication homework homily hooey hortatory address hot air hype idea afloat idiom idle talk inaugural inaugural address info inform inform on information instruction interchange intercommunicate interview invective investigate jabber jargon jargonize jaw jeremiad knock knock around language langue latrine rumor leak lecture-demonstration lesson let drop let fall let slip

Noun(5 words)

conference conversation debate gossip lecture

Verb(6 words)

dictate fetch and carry klatch lecture let on let the cat out of the bag

Related words (222)

lingo lingua listen locution malarkey manner of speaking meeting minimize moral moral lesson morality moralization mouth mumble murmur natter negotiation news news stirring newsmongering

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nonsense object lesson on-dit oral communication oration palaver pan parlance parley parole pass under review patois patronize patter peach pep talk peroration personal usage persuade philippic phrase phraseology phrasing piece of gossip piffle pitch platform plug poppycock pour forth powwow prate prattle prattling preach preachment prepared speech prepared text presentation promote prose public speech publicize push put down question-and-answer session ramble on rap rap session rapping rat rattle rattle on reading reason reason about reason the point recital recitation reel off report retail gossip reveal a secret review rhetoric roorback rubbish rumble rumor run on sales talk salutatory salutatory address say screed scuttlebutt sermon set speech set task shoot the breeze sift sing skull session soapbox speak to speak with speaking speech speechification speechify speeching spiel spill beans spill the beans sponsor spout spout off squeal stool story study stuff and nonsense stump support sway take the floor take the stump take up tale talebearing taletelling talk about talk away talk big talk down talk into talk nonsense talk of talk of town talk on talk over talkathon talkfest talking task tattle tattle on teaching tell idle tales tell on tell secrets tell tales tete-a-tete thresh out tirade tittle tattle tittle-tattle tongue town talk traffic with treat trialogue tripe twaddle twattle unconfirmed report usage use use language use of words usus loquendi utter utterance valediction valedictory valedictory address vaunt ventilate verbalization verbalize verbiage vernacular visit vocalize voice waffle wag the tongue way of speaking whisper whispering word wordage wording words yak yakkety-yak yakking yam yarn

Verb(17 words)

make a clean breast make known moot mouth orate peach say sing speechify spill spill the beans tattle tell utter verbalise verbalize write up

Noun(6 words)

meeting prattle public lecture speech talk of the town talking

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

20 relation types

More general

29 entries

address break bring out comment communicate conversation disclose discourse discover discussion divulge expose give away gossip instruct intercommunicate

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More specific

23 entries

DM accuse alert argue chatter comment expose inform leak lecture message negotiate question report reveal shout

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Antonyms

26 entries

be silent being being quiet being silent keep keep quiet keep silent keeping keeping quiet listen listening mouth mouth shut mouthed mute quiet

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Synonyms

6 entries

conference converse lecture speak spill spill beans

Related terms

3 entries

talkative utter verbose

coordinate

1 entries

listen

derived

204 entries

I don't want to talk about it TV talk X-talk all talk all talk and no action all talk and no cider all talk and trousers baby talk bad-talk betalk big talk book talk boy talk brush talk chalk and talk

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distinct from

3 entries

quiet silence silent

etymologically related_to

1 entries

tale

has context

5 entries

not preceded by article preceded by preceded by often qualified by following of slang us

has first_subevent

8 entries

decide whether to talk engage brain move tongue move tounge open face open mouth tweak little gray cells vibrate vocal chords

has last_subevent

5 entries

close mouth exhale insert food pick nose say goodbye

has prerequisite

27 entries

begin speaking call friend call or visit friend clear throat consider audience engage brain first find to talk to flap lips and make noise get invited to speak have mouth leave area requiring quiet listen move lips open mouth phone friend produce sounds

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has property

2 entries

cheap essential in reaching tentative agreements

has subevent

16 entries

communicate thoughts communication dry mouth express opinions fricate make gestures make sound may heard mouth will open move lips move mouth move tongue not hearing what happening open mouth stop listening will listen

is a

4 entries

conversation discussion gossip lecture

manner of

1 entries

communicate

motivated by_goal

20 entries

am bored in party communicate communicate ideas communicate message to communicate with others connect with convey beliefs to others explain express yourself get reduced sentence give information have to say like to listen need to communicate idea say

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related to

126 entries

act action amicably audible audio black boasting chat chat amicably chat gab chatter chatting cheap communicate communicate method communicate vocally

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similar

13 entries

babble babble out blab blab out let the cat out of the bag listen peach sing spill spill the beans tattle verbalise verbalize

Translations

417 translations across 122 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

flas verb (to communicate by speech)

Algerian Arabic

2 entries

حكى verb (to communicate by speech)
هدر verb (to communicate by speech)

Arabic

4 entries

خِطَاب noun (major topic of social discussion)
كلام noun (conversation)
مُحادثة noun (conversation)
مُحَادَثَات noun (meeting, negotiation)

Armenian

4 entries

բանակցություն noun (meeting, negotiation)
դասախոսություն noun (lecture)
ելույթ noun (lecture)
զրույց noun (conversation)

Assamese

3 entries

কথা কোৱা verb (to communicate by speech)
কথা পতা verb (to communicate by speech)
কথা বতৰা verb (to communicate by speech)

Asturian

1 entries

falar verb (to communicate by speech)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

danışıq noun (meeting, negotiation)
danışmaq verb (to communicate by speech)

Belarusian

4 entries

гу́тарка noun (conversation)
перагаво́ры noun (meeting, negotiation)
перамо́вы noun (meeting, negotiation)
размо́ва noun (conversation)

Bengali

1 entries

বলা verb (to communicate by speech)

Bislama

1 entries

tok noun (conversation)

Buginese

1 entries

bicara noun (conversation)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бесе́да noun (conversation)
бесе́да noun (lecture)
пре́говори noun (meeting, negotiation)
ра́зговор noun (conversation)

Burmese

2 entries

ပြော verb (to communicate by speech)
မြွက် verb (to communicate by speech)

Catalan

4 entries

conferència noun (lecture)
conversa noun (conversation)
conversacions noun (meeting, negotiation)
discurs noun (empty boasting, promises or claims)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

دواندن noun (conversation)
قسە noun (conversation)
ئەدوێنێت verb (to communicate by speech)
قسە ئەکات verb (to communicate by speech)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

溝通 /沟通 verb (to communicate by other means than speech)
講 /讲 verb (to communicate by speech)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

交涉 noun (meeting, negotiation)
會話 /会话 noun (conversation)
會談 /会谈 noun (meeting, negotiation)
談判 /谈判 noun (meeting, negotiation)

Choctaw

1 entries

anumpa noun (conversation)

Church Slavic

2 entries

говорити verb (to communicate by speech)
ⰳⱁⰲⱁⱃⰻⱅⰹ verb (to communicate by speech)

Cornish

1 entries

kewsel verb (to communicate by speech)

Czech

4 entries

konverzace noun (conversation)
negociace noun (meeting, negotiation)
rozhovor noun (conversation)
vyjednávání noun (meeting, negotiation)

Danish

4 entries

drøftelse noun (conversation)
foredrag noun (lecture)
forelæsning noun (lecture)
samtale noun (conversation)

Dutch

4 entries

conversatie noun (conversation)
gesprek noun (conversation)
overleggen verb (to communicate by speech)
praten verb (to communicate by speech)

Esperanto

3 entries

konversacio noun (conversation)
parolado noun (lecture)
paroli verb (to communicate by speech)

Estonian

1 entries

rääkima verb (to communicate by speech)

Faroese

1 entries

tala verb (to communicate by speech)

Finnish

4 entries

esitelmä noun (lecture)
keskustelu noun (conversation)
luento noun (lecture)
neuvottelut noun (meeting, negotiation)

French

4 entries

conférence noun (lecture)
discours noun (major topic of social discussion)
discussion noun (conversation)
négociations noun (meeting, negotiation)

Friulian

1 entries

fevelâ verb (to communicate by speech)

Galician

3 entries

conferencia noun (lecture)
conversa noun (conversation)
falar verb (to communicate by speech)

Georgian

4 entries

ლაპარაკი noun (conversation)
მოლაპარაკებები noun (meeting, negotiation)
საუბარი noun (conversation)
ლაპარაკი verb (to communicate by speech)

German

4 entries

Gespräch noun (conversation)
Gespräch noun (major topic of social discussion)
Unterredung noun (meeting, negotiation)
Verhandlung noun (meeting, negotiation)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to communicate by speech)

Greek

4 entries

διάλεξη noun (lecture)
θέμα noun (major topic of social discussion)
συζήτηση noun (conversation)
επικοινωνώ verb (to communicate by other means than speech)

Hebrew

3 entries

שִׂיחָה noun (conversation)
דִּבֵּר verb (to communicate by speech)
שׂוֹחֵחַ verb (to communicate by speech)

Higaonon

1 entries

ikagi verb (to communicate by speech)

Hindi

3 entries

बातचीत noun (conversation)
बात करना verb (to communicate by speech)
बोलना verb (to communicate by speech)

Hungarian

4 entries

beszéd noun (conversation)
beszélgetés noun (conversation)
beszél verb (to communicate by speech)
beszélget verb (to communicate by speech)

Icelandic

3 entries

mæla verb (to communicate by speech)
tala verb (to communicate by speech)
ávarpa verb (to communicate by speech)

Ido

1 entries

parolar verb (to communicate by speech)

Indonesian

4 entries

omong kosong noun (empty boasting, promises or claims)
topik perbincangan noun (major topic of social discussion)
bicara verb (to communicate by speech)
bincang verb (to communicate by speech)

Ingrian

1 entries

läätä verb (to communicate by speech)

Interlingua

3 entries

discurso noun (lecture)
conversar verb (to communicate by speech)
parlar verb (to communicate by speech)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

حَرْف زَدَن verb (to communicate by speech)
سُخَن گُفْتَن verb (to communicate by speech)
صُحْبَت کَرْدَن verb (to communicate by speech)

Irish

3 entries

aighneas noun (conversation)
caint noun (conversation)
bí ag caint verb (to communicate by speech)

Istriot

1 entries

favalà verb (to communicate by speech)

Italian

4 entries

argomento noun (major topic of social discussion)
conversazione noun (conversation)
discorso noun (lecture)
negoziato noun (meeting, negotiation)

Japanese

4 entries

交渉 noun (meeting, negotiation)
会商 noun (meeting, negotiation)
会話 noun (conversation)
噂 noun (major topic of social discussion)

Kazakh

4 entries

сұхбат noun (conversation)
сөйлесім noun (conversation)
әңгіме noun (conversation)
сойлесу verb (to communicate by speech)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

wākwāk noun (empty boasting, promises or claims)

Khmer

2 entries

ក្លាវ verb (to communicate by speech)
និយាយ verb (to communicate by speech)

Korean

4 entries

강의 noun (lecture)
교섭 noun (meeting, negotiation)
대화 noun (conversation)
소문 noun (major topic of social discussion)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

сүйлөө verb (to communicate by speech)

Laboya

3 entries

haʼnewe verb (to communicate by speech)
kajalla verb (to communicate by speech)
panewe verb (to communicate by speech)

Lao

4 entries

ກ່າວ verb (to communicate by speech)
ຄຸຍ verb (to communicate by speech)
ພູດ verb (to communicate by speech)
ສົນທະນາ verb (to communicate by speech)

Latin

4 entries

sermō noun (conversation)
fabulor verb (to communicate by speech)
for verb (to communicate by speech)
for verb (to communicate by other means than speech)

Latvian

1 entries

runāt verb (to communicate by speech)

Lithuanian

2 entries

pokalbis noun (conversation)
kalbėti verb (to communicate by speech)

Low German

4 entries

Gespreek noun (conversation)
Gespreek noun (major topic of social discussion)
Snack noun (conversation)
Vördrag noun (lecture)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

powědaś verb (to communicate by speech)
powěźeś verb (to communicate by speech)

Luganda

1 entries

okwogela verb (to communicate by speech)

Lü

2 entries

ᦀᦴᧉ verb (to communicate by speech)
ᦔᦱᧅ verb (to communicate by speech)

Macedonian

4 entries

преговори noun (meeting, negotiation)
разговор noun (conversation)
говори verb (to communicate by speech)
зборува verb (to communicate by speech)

Malayalam

4 entries

വർത്തമാനം noun (conversation)
സംസാരം noun (conversation)
സംസാരം noun (major topic of social discussion)
പറയുക verb (to communicate by speech)

Maltese

1 entries

taħdita noun (lecture)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡤᡳᠰᡠᡵᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (to communicate by speech)

Marathi

1 entries

बोलणे verb (to communicate by speech)

Middle English

2 entries

talken verb (to communicate by speech)
talkien verb (to communicate by speech)

Mongolian

1 entries

ярих verb (to communicate by speech)

Māori

3 entries

kōrero verb (to communicate by speech)
kōwetewete verb (to communicate by speech)
motatau verb (to communicate by speech)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

urongoza verb (to communicate by speech)

Nheengatú

1 entries

purungitá verb (to communicate by speech)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

axiftin noun (conversation)
xeberdan noun (conversation)
axaftin verb (to communicate by speech)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᩋᩪ᩶ verb (to communicate by speech)

Norwegian

4 entries

foredrag noun (lecture)
forelesning noun (lecture)
prat noun (major topic of social discussion)
snakk noun (major topic of social discussion)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

prat noun (conversation)
samtale noun (conversation)
preke verb (to communicate by speech)
snakke verb (to communicate by speech)

Ojibwe

1 entries

giigido verb (to communicate by speech)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

говорити verb (to communicate by speech)

Old English

1 entries

sprecan verb (to communicate by speech)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

صحبت noun (conversation)
لقردی noun (conversation)
محبت noun (conversation)

Pashto

1 entries

خبرې کول verb (to communicate by speech)

Persian

3 entries

سخنرانی noun (lecture)
صحبت noun (conversation)
گفتگو noun (conversation)

Polish

4 entries

konwersacja noun (conversation)
negocjacja noun (meeting, negotiation)
rozmowa noun (conversation)
temat noun (major topic of social discussion)

Portuguese

4 entries

conversa noun (conversation)
discurso noun (lecture)
negociação noun (meeting, negotiation)
conversar verb (to communicate by speech)

Quechua

3 entries

rimachiy verb (to communicate by speech)
rimay verb (to communicate by speech)
yawnay verb (to communicate by speech)

Romagnol

1 entries

abucamént noun (conversation)

Romanian

3 entries

conversație noun (conversation)
negociere noun (meeting, negotiation)
a vorbi verb (to communicate by speech)

Russian

4 entries

бесе́да noun (conversation)
бесе́да noun (lecture)
исто́рия noun (lecture)
ле́кция noun (lecture)

Sanskrit

1 entries

भाषते verb (to communicate by speech)

Scots

1 entries

collogue noun (conversation)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

còmhradh noun (conversation)
seanchas noun (conversation)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

gȍvōr noun (conversation)
konverzácija noun (conversation)
predávānje noun (lecture)
prȅgovōr noun (meeting, negotiation)

Sicilian

1 entries

parrari verb (to communicate by speech)

Slovak

4 entries

konverzácia noun (conversation)
rokovanie noun (meeting, negotiation)
rozhovor noun (conversation)
vyjednávanie noun (meeting, negotiation)

Slovene

3 entries

pogȏvor noun (conversation)
pregovor noun (meeting, negotiation)
govoriti verb (to communicate by speech)

Somali

1 entries

hadal noun (conversation)

Spanish

4 entries

conferencia noun (lecture)
conversación noun (conversation)
güirigüiri noun (empty boasting, promises or claims)
negociación noun (meeting, negotiation)

Swahili

1 entries

kuzungumza verb (to communicate by speech)

Swedish

4 entries

föreläsning noun (lecture)
konversation noun (conversation)
prat noun (conversation)
prat noun (major topic of social discussion)

Sylheti

2 entries

ꠉꠙ ꠇꠞꠣ verb (to communicate by speech)
ꠝꠣꠔ ꠇꠕꠣ verb (to communicate by speech)

Tagalog

2 entries

mag-usap verb (to communicate by speech)
magsalita verb (to communicate by speech)

Tajik

4 entries

гуфтугӯ noun (conversation)
муколама noun (conversation)
сӯхбат noun (conversation)
гап задан verb (to communicate by speech)

Tamil

4 entries

உரை noun (lecture)
உரையாடல் noun (conversation)
பேசுபொருள் noun (major topic of social discussion)
பேச்சுவார்த்தை noun (meeting, negotiation)

Tatar

1 entries

сөйләргә verb (to communicate by speech)

Telugu

4 entries

కబుర్లు noun (conversation)
చర్చనీయాంశం noun (major topic of social discussion)
ప్రసంగం noun (lecture)
మాట్లాడు verb (to communicate by speech)

Thai

4 entries

กล่าว verb (to communicate by speech)
คุย verb (to communicate by speech)
พูด verb (to communicate by speech)
สนทนา verb (to communicate by speech)

Tocharian B

1 entries

plāce noun (conversation)

Tooro

1 entries

baza verb (to communicate by speech)

Turkish

1 entries

konuşmak verb (to communicate by speech)

Turkmen

2 entries

gürlemek verb (to communicate by speech)
sözlemek verb (to communicate by speech)

Tày

3 entries

cảng verb (to communicate by speech)
cảng cỏ verb (to communicate by speech)
phuối verb (to communicate by speech)

Ukrainian

4 entries

бе́сіда noun (conversation)
перегово́ри noun (meeting, negotiation)
перемо́ви noun (meeting, negotiation)
перемо́вини noun (meeting, negotiation)

Urdu

3 entries

بات چیت noun (conversation)
بات کَرْنا verb (to communicate by speech)
بولْنا verb (to communicate by speech)

Uyghur

2 entries

ئېيتماق verb (to communicate by speech)
سۆزلىمەك verb (to communicate by speech)

Uzbek

3 entries

gapirishmoq verb (to communicate by speech)
gaplashmoq verb (to communicate by speech)
soʻzlashmoq verb (to communicate by speech)

Vietnamese

4 entries

nói verb (to communicate by speech)
nói chuyện verb (to communicate by speech)
nói được verb (to communicate by speech)
trò chuyện verb (to communicate by speech)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

istorya noun (conversation)

Welsh

1 entries

siarad verb (to communicate by speech)

West-Frisian

2 entries

petear noun (conversation)
prate verb (to communicate by speech)

Yiddish

1 entries

רעדן verb (to communicate by speech)

Yámana

1 entries

yāpīmur-köna verb (to communicate by speech)

Zhuang

1 entries

gangj verb (to communicate by speech)

Sample sentences

46 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I may be antisocial, but it doesn't mean I don't talk to people.

Source: tatoeba (1355)

May I talk to Ms. Brown?

Source: tatoeba (1619)

Look at me when I talk to you!

Source: tatoeba (1698)

She doesn't want to talk about it.

Source: tatoeba (1891)

Showing 4 of 46 available sentences.

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Talk

Synonyms for "talk" (445 found)

Closest matches (89)

Strong matches (134)

Related words (222)

Related word relations

More general

More specific

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

coordinate

derived

distinct from

etymologically related_to

has context

has first_subevent

has last_subevent

has prerequisite

has property

has subevent

is a

manner of

motivated by_goal

related to

similar

Translations

Albanian

Algerian Arabic

Arabic

Armenian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Belarusian

Bengali

Bislama

Buginese

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Choctaw

Church Slavic

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Gothic

Greek

Hebrew

Higaonon

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Istriot

Italian

Japanese

Kazakh

Khiamniungan Naga

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz