Synonyms for talk
tɔktalk

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 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 WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. talk, talkingnoun

   an exchange of ideas via conversation

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

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

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

2. talknoun

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

   "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"

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

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

3. talknoun

   the act of giving a talk to an audience

   "I attended an interesting talk on local history"

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

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

4. lecture, public lecture, talknoun

   a speech that is open to the public

   "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

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

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

5. talk, talk of the townverb

   idle gossip or rumor

   "there has been talk about you lately"

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

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

6. talk, speakverb

   exchange thoughts; talk with

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

   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

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

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

   express in speech

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

   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

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

8. speak, talkverb

   use language

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

   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

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

9. spill, talkverb

   reveal information

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

   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

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

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"

    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

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

11. lecture, talkverb

    deliver a lecture or talk

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

    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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Communicate
   • Conversation
   • Discussion
   • Lecture
   • Teach
   • Tell

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. communication

   to speak to someone

   " go talk to him"

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. talkverb

   Synonyms:
   speak, converse, CONFABULATE

2. talkverb

   Synonyms:
   confer, reason, deliberate

3. talkverb

   Synonyms:
   prattle, prate

4. talkverb

   Synonyms:
   speak, utter

5. talknoun

   Synonyms:
   conversation, converse, colloquy, PARLEY, discourse, conference, communication, dialogue, confabulation, chat, GOSSIP, oral intercourse

6. talknoun

   Synonyms:
   report, rumor, bruit, town talk

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. talknoun

   Synonyms:
   conversation, converse, colloquy, conference, confabulation, chat, parley, causerie, parlance, confab, dialogue, interlocution, soliloquy, monologue, palaver, buncombe, blarney, blandishment, flattery, flummery, chaff, banter, raillery, persiflage, badinage, asteistn, chatter, babble, chit chat, gibberish, jargon, twaddle, fustian, moonshine, hanky-panky, jabbering, rhapsody, rant, grandiloquence, expatiation, descant

2. talkverb

   Synonyms:
   speak, converse, confer, confabulate, consult, babble, prattle, prate, chatter, gabble, gibber, blather, expatiate, descant, comment, harp, rant, palaver

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "talk":

   speak, spoke, conversation, discuss, speaking, talking, speaks, speech, talks, tell, discussion, say, kalam, chat, mention, reason, modern

Suggested Resources

1. TALK

   What does TALK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TALK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Talk

   Talk vs. Speak -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Talk and Speak.

How to pronounce talk?

How to say talk in sign language?

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1507","2"],["1515","2"],["1520","3"],["1524","5"],["1563","8"],["1564","6"],["1572","4"],["1575","1"],["1579","11"],["1581","11"],["1582","3"],["1587","8"],["1590","14"],["1592","2"],["1603","2"],["1607","7"],["1611","1"],["1618","2"],["1620","4"],["1621","16"],["1623","2"],["1624","3"],["1626","16"],["1628","1"],["1630","1"],["1631","1"],["1632","3"],["1635","5"],["1636","2"],["1638","3"],["1643","2"],["1644","33"],["1645","1"],["1646","1"],["1647","8"],["1648","16"],["1649","3"],["1650","3"],["1651","7"],["1653","35"],["1654","2"],["1655","2"],["1656","12"],["1657","6"],["1658","10"],["1659","2"],["1660","2"],["1661","2"],["1662","4"],["1664","6"],["1665","2"],["1666","6"],["1667","30"],["1668","23"],["1669","4"],["1670","16"],["1671","7"],["1672","68"],["1673","12"],["1674","5"],["1675","44"],["1676","49"],["1677","29"],["1678","46"],["1679","13"],["1680","23"],["1681","85"],["1682","59"],["1683","64"],["1684","42"],["1685","122"],["1686","33"],["1687","34"],["1688","68"],["1689","18"],["1690","55"],["1691","2"],["1692","43"],["1693","37"],["1694","57"],["1695","29"],["1696","56"],["1697","13"],["1698","77"],["1699","57"],["1700","114"],["1701","138"],["1702","186"],["1703","111"],["1704","215"],["1705","204"],["1706","360"],["1707","291"],["1708","200"],["1709","181"],["1710","274"],["1711","353"],["1712","134"],["1713","187"],["1714","497"],["1715","183"],["1716","128"],["1717","180"],["1718","85"],["1719","247"],["1720","365"],["1721","202"],["1722","572"],["1723","377"],["1724","444"],["1725","189"],["1726","299"],["1727","549"],["1728","327"],["1729","303"],["1730","425"],["1731","450"],["1732","439"],["1733","175"],["1734","258"],["1735","369"],["1736","375"],["1737","615"],["1738","389"],["1739","365"],["1740","342"],["1741","297"],["1742","363"],["1743","440"],["1744","469"],["1745","284"],["1746","193"],["1747","541"],["1748","375"],["1749","514"],["1750","513"],["1751","912"],["1752","603"],["1753","796"],["1754","1294"],["1755","976"],["1756","338"],["1757","473"],["1758","552"],["1759","648"],["1760","477"],["1761","593"],["1762","317"],["1763","615"],["1764","538"],["1765","784"],["1766","1212"],["1767","887"],["1768","1573"],["1769","581"],["1770","983"],["1771","628"],["1772","863"],["1773","474"],["1774","831"],["1775","778"],["1776","798"],["1777","720"],["1778","692"],["1779","573"],["1780","526"],["1781","842"],["1782","676"],["1783","562"],["1784","1665"],["1785","717"],["1786","941"],["1787","1354"],["1788","1738"],["1789","1096"],["1790","1344"],["1791","1842"],["1792","1844"],["1793","1231"],["1794","1664"],["1795","1404"],["1796","1711"],["1797","1544"],["1798","1822"],["1799","1576"],["1800","2074"],["1801","5398"],["1802","2295"],["1803","2892"],["1804","2867"],["1805","2720"],["1806","4346"],["1807","3772"],["1808","5764"],["1809","4852"],["1810","4468"],["1811","5791"],["1812","6201"],["1813","3768"],["1814","5096"],["1815","4176"],["1816","5548"],["1817","5130"],["1818","4954"],["1819","4970"],["1820","8671"],["1821","5469"],["1822","8840"],["1823","10737"],["1824","12601"],["1825","12187"],["1826","7677"],["1827","7281"],["1828","8225"],["1829","7546"],["1830","12989"],["1831","9675"],["1832","9434"],["1833","9998"],["1834","9947"],["1835","12937"],["1836","11094"],["1837","12096"],["1838","11848"],["1839","14800"],["1840","13686"],["1841","12240"],["1842","10960"],["1843","12301"],["1844","15232"],["1845","14551"],["1846","15235"],["1847","13371"],["1848","17907"],["1849","15327"],["1850","18524"],["1851","17562"],["1852","22078"],["1853","24102"],["1854","24106"],["1855","21130"],["1856","26453"],["1857","22535"],["1858","21111"],["1859","23020"],["1860","28292"],["1861","20616"],["1862","17471"],["1863","17985"],["1864","23173"],["1865","22386"],["1866","25850"],["1867","23240"],["1868","27334"],["1869","30817"],["1870","26128"],["1871","30372"],["1872","29549"],["1873","30586"],["1874","35041"],["1875","35481"],["1876","36353"],["1877","33543"],["1878","32303"],["1879","32597"],["1880","42287"],["1881","41587"],["1882","45829"],["1883","56520"],["1884","49201"],["1885","48615"],["1886","37966"],["1887","50968"],["1888","47512"],["1889","42190"],["1890","44530"],["1891","52255"],["1892","56540"],["1893","53703"],["1894","51449"],["1895","60451"],["1896","69208"],["1897","68599"],["1898","69018"],["1899","96225"],["1900","102094"],["1901","91089"],["1902","83035"],["1903","87004"],["1904","97031"],["1905","82659"],["1906","92073"],["1907","86724"],["1908","96470"],["1909","88019"],["1910","94920"],["1911","96906"],["1912","97910"],["1913","95950"],["1914","86276"],["1915","82145"],["1916","85386"],["1917","93749"],["1918","78687"],["1919","92167"],["1920","104080"],["1921","92717"],["1922","111923"],["1923","88619"],["1924","85920"],["1925","91106"],["1926","81471"],["1927","92964"],["1928","88204"],["1929","93819"],["1930","97168"],["1931","93463"],["1932","84168"],["1933","73054"],["1934","85777"],["1935","96282"],["1936","93782"],["1937","99902"],["1938","98505"],["1939","96927"],["1940","92114"],["1941","85003"],["1942","84185"],["1943","74823"],["1944","70771"],["1945","77081"],["1946","109506"],["1947","118064"],["1948","112763"],["1949","121827"],["1950","123442"],["1951","121642"],["1952","124752"],["1953","123949"],["1954","135900"],["1955","136157"],["1956","138977"],["1957","145625"],["1958","141005"],["1959","145552"],["1960","166945"],["1961","180122"],["1962","191152"],["1963","199940"],["1964","197413"],["1965","214953"],["1966","226691"],["1967","243577"],["1968","272980"],["1969","276806"],["1970","301157"],["1971","282714"],["1972","302571"],["1973","289893"],["1974","288537"],["1975","283003"],["1976","309868"],["1977","314194"],["1978","323266"],["1979","334493"],["1980","352613"],["1981","361233"],["1982","375763"],["1983","396229"],["1984","426374"],["1985","446398"],["1986","484580"],["1987","509619"],["1988","541318"],["1989","575431"],["1990","627920"],["1991","640010"],["1992","687636"],["1993","714899"],["1994","761977"],["1995","788818"],["1996","841414"],["1997","863832"],["1998","901633"],["1999","953401"],["2000","1128040"],["2001","1147275"],["2002","1318258"],["2003","1442567"],["2004","1596541"],["2005","1585916"],["2006","1633753"],["2007","1793664"],["2008","2240662"]]

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use talk in a sentence?

1. The Republican presidential contender:

   In a time of tragedy, I think it's wrong to try to politicize a natural disaster -- and so there's plenty of time to talk about other issues.

2. Whoopi Goldberg:

   We don't need to talk about it — do it, women are not good at helping each other, we talk( stuff) about women like that.

3. George Savva:

   For the urological and antidepressants, there's quite a clear association between their long-term use and dementia incidence...( and) for anti-Parkinson's medications, the risk is there, but there's far fewer of those prescriptions in the database, so there's a lot less certainty, but it's difficult to generalize across patients, and it's difficult to talk about an individual because this is a population average risk and it depends very much on the patient.

4. Al Pacino:

   It just seemed so outrageous. Here I am, talking to somebody who I think is flipped out. I said, what train am I on ? OK. Humor the guy. And he wanted me to do Michael Corleone. I thought, OK, I ’ll go along with this. I said, yes, Francis, good. You know how they talk to you when you’re slipping ? They say, ‘ Yes ! Of course ! Yes ! ’ But he was n’t. It was the truth. And then I was given the part.

5. Jonathan Barnett:

   We want to make a statement. This is an inquisition, and we just feel like they are trying to dig up anything they can but that it's one-sided, we don't understand Liz Cheney and Adam. There's just a lot of frustration with the January 6 committee and we don't think there's any representation on the Republican side. We'd like to see [ House Minority Leader Kevin ] McCarthy take care of these issues, but it's something we feel we need to talk about.