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. Jay Seawell:

   I think the biggest thing is how just a regular guy he is who just may be one of the greatest football coaches of all time, but he's just a regular guy who is easy to talk to. He was asking Michael as much about golf as they were asking him about football.

2. Kirk Rivers:

   Come out and talk to us. We just want people to come out and talk to us, are you just going to continue to let us assume what took place ?

3. Shaun Mellors:

   The fundamentalist religious right has loads of money and is coming in Africa to talk to members of parliament and first ladies and share family values, as in traditional heterosexual family values.

4. Evelyn Yang:

   My personal life and this growing public life -- theyre not separate.In this case, my experience with thesexual assault and then what happened --all that happened afterward is such a powerful and upsetting example of the truth that women are living with every day, and I just happen to have a platform to talk about it. I need to use that voice. I feel like its something thats an obligation but also a privilege and a gift that I get to share my story now and also help other women.

5. Lucas Glover:

   No, you cannot, she’s in the house with my daughter. And when deputies get here, they need to talk to the male — that would be me — because these other two are out of their heads at the moment.

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