Word Type

Verb

Noun

Adjective

The word "communicating" can be used as verb, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Causes

collaboration confusion distributed information exchange information exchange of information and ideas exchanging ideas exchanging information with another person express opinion getting to know better ideas shared information imparted learning make point making friends missunderstanding misunderstanding misunderstanding mostly misunderstandings people to think progress rare among earthlings response sharing information with others sharing of knowledge static tell of information transfer of information transmission of ideas between individuals understanding will understood

Derived Terms

communicating artery communicating vessel

Inflected/Variant Forms

communicate

Prerequisites

another being to understand another person effort empathic listening getting message across intelligence laugh medium more than one person open mind senses symbols thinking transmitting and receiving information

Subevents

convey information distortion flirting gesture with hands get excited getting point across increase in understanding knowledge learn learn new learning listen make noises move hands open mouth receive information relay idea to speak speaking talk talking voice opinion yell

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act deed human action human activity

Type Of (IsA)

physical event social event

Related Terms

communicate

Synonym Network

communication

Used For

conversation conveying ideas conveying opinions convicing others discussing topics education exchanging information expressing concepts expressing ideas gaining knowledge getting idea across imparting knowledge learning new things letting another know what you're thinking making ones needs known negotiation passing on information recording history sharing ideas sharing memes sharing thoughts socialising speaking to others talking teaching new things understanding using speech writing

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.