talk - Thesaurus Synonyms and Word Suggestions

talk

verb

To engage in spoken exchange: chat, confabulate, converse ¹, discourse, speak. Informal: confab, visit. See words
To direct speech to: address, speak. See words
To express oneself in speech: speak, verbalize, vocalize. Idioms: open one's mouth (or lips), put in (or into) words, wag one's tongue. See words
To put into words: articulate, communicate, convey, declare, express, say, state, tell, utter ¹, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice. Idiom: give tongue (or vent) (or voice) to. See words
To engage in or spread gossip: blab, gossip, noise, rumor, tattle, tittle-tattle, whisper. Idioms: tell tales, tell tales out of school. See words
To meet and exchange views to reach a decision: advise, confer, consult, deliberate, parley. Informal: powwow. See collect, meet, words
To give incriminating information about others, especially to the authorities: inform, tattle, tip ³ (off). Informal: fink. Slang: rat, sing, snitch, squeal, stool. Idiom: blow the whistle. See knowledge, law

phrasal verb

talk back

To utter an impertinent rejoinder: talk up. Informal: sass, sauce. Idiom: give someone lip. See resist, words

phrasal verb

talk down

To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, slight. Idiom: make light (or little) of. See attack, show

phrasal verb

talk into

To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way: argue into, bring, bring around or round , convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on or upon , sell (on). See persuasion

phrasal verb

talk over

To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about: bandy (about), discuss, moot, thrash out or over , thresh out or over , toss around. Informal: hash (over), kick around, knock about or around . Slang: rap ³. Idiom: go into a huddle. See words

phrasal verb

talk up

To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity: ballyhoo, boost, build up, enhance, promote, publicize, puff, tout. Informal: plug. Slang: hype. See knowledge
To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product): advertise, ballyhoo, build up, cry (up), popularize, promote, publicize. Informal: pitch, plug. Slang: push. See knowledge
To utter an impertinent rejoinder: talk back. Informal: sass, sauce. Idiom: give someone lip. See resist, words

noun

Spoken exchange: chat, colloquy, confabulation, conversation, converse ¹, dialogue, discourse, speech. Informal: confab. Slang: jaw. See words
The faculty, act, or product of speaking: discourse, speech, utterance, verbalization, vocalization. See words
A usually formal oral communication to an audience: address, allocution, declamation, lecture, oration, prelection, speech. See words
The act or process of dealing with another to reach an agreement. Often used in plural: negotiation, parley. See words

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