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Antonyms for talk
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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  1. talk

    Conversation (Latin con, with) is, etymologically, an interchange of ideas with some other person or persons. Talk may be wholly one-sided. Many brilliant talkers have been incapable of conversation. There may be intercourse without conversation, as by looks, signs, etc.; communion is of hearts, with or without words; communication is often by writing, and may be uninvited and unreciprocated. Talk may denote the mere utterance of words with little thought; thus, we say idle talk, empty talk, rather than idle or empty conversation. Discourse is now applied chiefly to public addresses. A conference is more formal than a conversation. Dialog denotes ordinarily an artificial or imaginary conversation, generally of two persons, but sometimes of more. A colloquy is indefinite as to number, and generally somewhat informal. Compare BEHAVIOR.

    Synonyms:
    chat, colloquy, communication, communion, confabulation, conference, conversation, converse, dialogue, discourse, intercourse, parley

    Preposition:
    Conversation with friends; between or among the guests; about a matter.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. talk, talkingnoun

    an exchange of ideas via conversation

    "let's have more work and less talk around here"

    Antonyms:
    shut one's mouth, keep quiet, keep one's mouth shut

    Synonyms:
    talking, talk of the town, public lecture, lecture

  2. talknoun

    discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')

    "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"

    Antonyms:
    keep quiet, keep one's mouth shut, shut one's mouth

    Synonyms:
    talking, talk of the town, public lecture, lecture

  3. talknoun

    the act of giving a talk to an audience

    "I attended an interesting talk on local history"

    Antonyms:
    shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet

    Synonyms:
    talking, talk of the town, public lecture, lecture

  4. lecture, public lecture, talknoun

    a speech that is open to the public

    "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

    Antonyms:
    keep quiet, keep one's mouth shut, shut one's mouth

    Synonyms:
    talking to, lecture, lecturing, talk of the town, public lecture, talking, speech

  5. talk, talk of the townverb

    idle gossip or rumor

    "there has been talk about you lately"

    Antonyms:
    keep quiet, shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut

    Synonyms:
    talking, talk of the town, public lecture, lecture

  6. talk, speakverb

    exchange thoughts; talk with

    "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

    Antonyms:
    keep quiet, shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut

    Synonyms:
    peach, address, verbalise, tattle, babble out, babble, blab, lecture, spill the beans, speak, verbalize, utter, blab out, sing, spill, mouth, let the cat out of the bag

  7. talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbaliseverb

    express in speech

    "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

    Antonyms:
    shut one's mouth, keep quiet, keep one's mouth shut

    Synonyms:
    let loose, express, peach, address, verbalise, give tongue to, tattle, babble out, babble, let out, emit, blab, lecture, spill the beans, speak, verbalize, utter, blab out, sing, spill, mouth, let the cat out of the bag

  8. speak, talkverb

    use language

    "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

    Antonyms:
    keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth

    Synonyms:
    peach, tattle, babble out, babble, verbalise, blab, lecture, spill the beans, speak, address, utter, blab out, sing, spill, verbalize, mouth, let the cat out of the bag

  9. spill, talkverb

    reveal information

    "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

    Antonyms:
    keep one's mouth shut, shut one's mouth, keep quiet

    Synonyms:
    babble, peach, pour forth, tattle, splatter, babble out, disgorge, blab, run out, sing, lecture, spill the beans, speak, verbalize, utter, blab out, verbalise, spill, slop, shed, mouth, let the cat out of the bag

  10. spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab outverb

    divulge confidential information or secrets

    "Be careful--his secretary talks"

    Antonyms:
    keep one's mouth shut, shut one's mouth, keep quiet

    Synonyms:
    verbalize, whistle, babble, twaddle, verbalise, prattle, spill, ripple, palaver, peach, tittle-tattle, maunder, utter, blather, smatter, tattle, gurgle, mouth, bubble, blab out, burble, blether, gibber, blab, let the cat out of the bag, speak, guggle, blither, babble out, sing, prate, spill the beans, piffle, chatter, lecture, gabble, blabber, clack

  11. lecture, talkverb

    deliver a lecture or talk

    "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

    Antonyms:
    keep one's mouth shut, shut one's mouth, keep quiet

    Synonyms:
    bawl out, verbalize, lambast, babble, verbalise, take to task, spill, reproof, jaw, reprimand, rebuke, utter, chew out, chide, peach, tattle, lambaste, mouth, trounce, blab out, berate, have words, chew up, call down, blab, let the cat out of the bag, dress down, speak, scold, remonstrate, rag, babble out, sing, spill the beans, call on the carpet, lecture

Editors Contribution5.0 / 1 vote

  1. warble

    warble is to sing so talking is like the opposite of that

    Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

How to use talk in a sentence?

  1. Fadel Gheit:

    If I were an oil company today, I would talk about one thing: how far can you cut costs, they cannot control anything else.

  2. Tom Osborne:

    I know people talk about how USC beat Alabama in Birmingham the year before we beat Alabama rather soundly in Miami, but I also know that our game in that Orange Bowl was a big factor that began to erode the color barriers even more in the South.

  3. Ellen DeGeneres:

    There's only so many years you can talk about Justin Bieber, i don't care about him and I can't pretend that I do.

  4. Mashama Bailey:

    I love Savannah. I really do, i've been working a lot, but every time I have a day off, I'm able get out and talk to people -- they're so nice. You don't have the same pressures here as you do in a big city.

  5. Scott Walter:

    Hate is the issue here, when you talk about hate groups, you’re talking about a group that is a threat because of its violent tendencies and racism. If you go up to somebody on the street and ask ‘What is a hate group?’ that is what they would take it to mean.

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