Dictionary entry details
• TALK (noun)
Meaning:
An exchange of ideas via conversation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
talk; talking
Context example:
let's have more work and less talk around here
Hypernyms ("talk" is a kind of...):
conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "talk"):
cackle; chatter; yack; yak; yakety-yak (noisy talk)
idle words; jazz; nothingness; wind (empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk)
shop talk (talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand)
shmooze ((Yiddish) a warm heart-to-heart talk)
heart-to-heart (an intimate talk in private)
dialog; dialogue; duologue (a conversation between two persons)
cant; pious platitude (insincere talk about religion or morals)
Meaning:
Discussion; ('talk about' is a less formal alternative for 'discussion of')
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
his poetry contains much talk about love and anger
Hypernyms ("talk" is a kind of...):
discourse; discussion; treatment (an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic)
Meaning:
The act of giving a talk to an audience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
I attended an interesting talk on local history
Hypernyms ("talk" is a kind of...):
lecture; lecturing (teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "talk"):
chalk talk (a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk)
Meaning:
A speech that is open to the public
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
public lecture; lecture; talk
Context example:
he attended a lecture on telecommunications
Hypernyms ("talk" is a kind of...):
address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)
Meaning:
Idle gossip or rumor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
talk of the town; talk
Context example:
there has been talk about you lately
Hypernyms ("talk" is a kind of...):
comment; gossip; scuttlebutt (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people)
• TALK (verb)
Meaning:
Exchange thoughts; talk with
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
talk; speak
Context examples:
We often talk business / Actions talk louder than words
Hypernyms (to "talk" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "talk"):
talk turkey (discuss frankly, often in a business context)
monologuise; monologuize; soliloquise; soliloquize (talk to oneself)
converse; discourse (carry on a conversation)
butterfly; chat up; coquet; coquette; dally; flirt; mash; philander; romance (talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions)
dish the dirt; gossip (wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies)
rap (talk volubly)
level (talk frankly with; lay it on the line)
cheek (speak impudently to)
dogmatise; dogmatize (speak dogmatically)
carry on; continue; go on; proceed (continue talking)
discourse; dissertate; hold forth (talk at length and formally about a topic)
pontificate (talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner)
orate (talk pompously)
talk down (speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child)
spiel (speak at great length (about something))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to somebody
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue talk
Meaning:
Express in speech
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
mouth; speak; talk; verbalize; verbalise; utter
Context examples:
She talks a lot of nonsense / This depressed patient does not verbalize
Hypernyms (to "talk" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "talk"):
murmur (speak softly or indistinctly)
snivel; whine (talk in a tearful manner)
open up (talk freely and without inhibition)
jaw; rattle on; yack; yack away; yap away (talk incessantly and tiresomely)
chatter (make noise as if chattering away)
blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
generalise; generalize (speak or write in generalities)
deliver; present (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea))
maunder; mumble; mussitate; mutter (talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice)
slur (utter indistinctly)
bark (speak in an unfriendly tone)
sing (produce tones with the voice)
gulp (utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly)
chant; intone; tone (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically)
babble (utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way)
cackle (talk or utter in a cackling manner)
hiss; sibilate; siss; sizz (express or utter with a hiss)
jabber; mouth off; rabbit on; rant; rave; spout (talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)
bay (utter in deep prolonged tones)
inflect; modulate; tone (vary the pitch of one's speech)
blunder; blunder out; blurt; blurt out; ejaculate (utter impulsively)
rasp (utter in a grating voice)
peep (speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice)
whisper (speak softly; in a low voice)
shout (utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking))
lip off; shoot one's mouth off (speak spontaneously and without restraint)
begin (begin to speak or say)
troll (speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice)
phonate; vocalise; vocalize (utter speech sounds)
read (look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed)
speak up (speak louder; raise one's voice)
snap; snarl (utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone)
enthuse (utter with enthusiasm)
bumble; falter; stammer; stutter (speak haltingly)
drone; drone on (talk in a monotonous voice)
blubber; blubber out (utter while crying)
talk about; talk of (discuss or mention)
whiff (utter with a puff of air)
verbalise; verbalize (be verbose)
swallow (utter indistinctly)
speak in tongues (speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Use language
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
speak; talk
Context examples:
the baby talks already / the prisoner won't speak / they speak a strange dialect
Hypernyms (to "talk" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "talk"):
run on (talk or narrate at length)
smatter (speak with spotty or superficial knowledge)
slang (use slang or vulgar language)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue talk
Meaning:
Reveal information
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
talk; spill
Context examples:
If you don't oblige me, I'll talk! / The former employee spilled all the details
Hypernyms (to "talk" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Divulge confidential information or secrets
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
spill the beans; peach; let the cat out of the bag; blab out; blab; babble out; tattle; babble; talk; sing
Context example:
Be careful--his secretary talks
Hypernyms (to "talk" is one way to...):
break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; impart; let on; let out; reveal; unwrap (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
keep quiet (refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information)
Meaning:
Deliver a lecture or talk
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
lecture; talk
Context examples:
She will talk at Rutgers next week / Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
Hypernyms (to "talk" is one way to...):
instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "talk"):
preach; prophesy (deliver a sermon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Something ----s to somebody
Somebody ----s on something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue talk
