Antonyms 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.

Matched Categories

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 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

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

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:5.0 / 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. Gregarious Narain:

   You actually go out and talk to lots and lots of customers first to get an understanding of what they care about or what the problem is, and then you build the solution.

2. Steve Feaga:

   We traveled to the nursing home to talk to Ms. Lee at the request of the Alabama Department of Human Resources.

3. Lim Keuky:

   That is why, if you go to someone who is 18 years old and talk about how genocidal the Khmer Rouge was, she would say, 'It's not possible -- you must be lying,' because the parents who lived at that time they don't want to remember, in trying to forget, then the same thing can come again.

4. Stephen Colbert:

   Now usually for me to talk about a news story on this show, especially a tragic one, it has to be something that everybody's already talking about... But this story is different, because this is the conversation everyone should be having, i would cite Stephen Colbert to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes.

5. Stacey Abrams:

   Part of the responsibility is to have honest and authentic conversations about race, what we have to talk about is how race intersects with power. And my mission is to demonstrate that we can change the face of power, evolve it to include more people and people of different complexions and different backgrounds without diminishing anyone else's access to opportunity.

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