talk - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of giving a talk to an audience

Synonyms

• talk

More generic

• lecture
• lecturing

More specific

• chalk talk

Noun

an exchange of ideas via conversation

Synonyms

• talk
• talking

More generic

• conversation

More specific

• cackle
• cant
• chatter
• dialog
• dialogue
• duologue
• heart-to-heart
• idle words
• jazz
• malarkey
• malarky
• nothingness
• pious platitude
• shmooze
• shop talk
• wind
• yack
• yak
• yakety-yak

Noun

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

Synonyms

• talk

More generic

• discourse
• discussion
• treatment

Noun

idle gossip or rumor

Synonyms

• talk
• talk of the town

More generic

• comment
• gossip
• scuttlebutt

Noun

a speech that is open to the public

Synonyms

• lecture
• public lecture
• talk

More generic

• address
• speech

Verb

deliver a lecture or talk

Synonyms

• lecture
• talk

More generic

• instruct
• learn
• teach

More specific

• preach
• prophesy

Verb

divulge confidential information or secrets

Synonyms

• babble
• babble out
• blab
• blab out
• let the cat out of the bag
• peach
• sing
• spill the beans
• talk
• tattle

More generic

• break
• bring out
• disclose
• discover
• divulge
• expose
• give away
• let on
• let out
• reveal
• uncover
• unwrap

Opposite / Antonyms

• keep quiet

Related

• spill
• talk

Verb

express in speech

Synonyms

• mouth
• speak
• talk
• utter
• verbalise
• verbalize

More generic

• communicate
• intercommunicate

More specific

• babble
• bark
• bay
• begin
• blab
• blabber
• blubber
• blubber out
• blunder
• blunder out
• blurt
• blurt out
• bumble
• cackle
• chant
• chatter
• clack
• deliver
• drone
• drone on
• ejaculate
• enthuse
• falter
• gabble
• generalise
• generalize
• gibber
• gulp
• hiss
• inflect
• intone
• jabber
• jaw
• lip off
• maunder
• modulate
• mouth off
• mumble
• murmur
• mussitate
• mutter
• open up
• palaver
• peep
• phonate
• piffle
• prate
• prattle
• present
• rabbit on
• rant
• rasp
• rattle on
• rave
• read
• shoot one's mouth off
• shout
• sibilate
• sing
• siss
• sizz
• slur
• snap
• snarl
• snivel
• speak in tongues
• speak up
• spout
• stammer
• stutter
• swallow
• talk about
• talk of
• tattle
• tittle-tattle
• tone
• troll
• twaddle
• verbalise
• verbalize
• vocalise
• vocalize
• whiff
• whine
• whisper
• yack
• yack away
• yap away

Related

• verbalise
• verbalize

Verb

reveal information

Synonyms

• spill
• talk

More generic

• tell

Related

• babble
• babble out
• blab
• blab out
• let the cat out of the bag
• peach
• sing
• spill the beans
• talk
• tattle

Verb

exchange thoughts; talk with

Synonyms

• speak
• talk

More generic

• communicate
• intercommunicate

More specific

• butterfly
• carry on
• chat up
• cheek
• continue
• converse
• coquet
• coquette
• dally
• discourse
• dish the dirt
• dissertate
• dogmatise
• dogmatize
• flirt
• go on
• gossip
• hold forth
• level
• mash
• monologuise
• monologuize
• orate
• philander
• pontificate
• proceed
• rap
• romance
• soliloquise
• soliloquize
• spiel
• talk down
• talk turkey

Verb

use language

Synonyms

• speak
• talk

More generic

• communicate
• intercommunicate

More specific

• run on
• slang
• smatter

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