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as in talkative
fond of talking or conversation
the antiques dealer is not the conversational sort, so customers should not expect any impromptu chats
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as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation
struck a very conversational tone in his reports of his travels through foreign countries
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as in vernacular
used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing
uses conversational language instead of more stilted expressions in her campaign speeches
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Recent Examples of conversational
These names suggest individual agents with self-knowledge, but that's an illusion created by the conversational interface.
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ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
Aim for conversational, human-first language.
—Michael Shribman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Still, for all its creative utility, writing is not much of a conversational partner.
—Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Placing essentially the same program within a conversational interface, however, made the model easy to use and obsess over.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
Aim for conversational, human-first language.
—Michael Shribman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Still, for all its creative utility, writing is not much of a conversational partner.
—Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Placing essentially the same program within a conversational interface, however, made the model easy to use and obsess over.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversational
Adjective
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Bassin and Winter tend to be the most talkative; the drummer is blunt and boisterous, the singer more measured with both his sincerity and sarcasm.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
26 Aug. 2025
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That of course was not unusual, but what was unusual was how talkative this man had been.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Despite these demands, and despite the colloquial title of elite firefighter, hotshots weren’t officially categorized as firefighters until the summer of 2022.—
River Selby
August 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
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Gilbert’s colloquial style, once a source of great pleasure, has tipped into new territory—an ingenuousness that blends guru and disciple, mother and child.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The musical tastes and vernacular of Abbie and Leila also come from that era of Martin's life.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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There are terms of affection for groups of players like the Busby Babes or Fergie’s Fledglings, but these were coined and used by journalists and not used in everyday vernacular.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Nini makes no such communicative or deft movements.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Human's closest living relatives, Chimpanzees, primarily learn their communicative patterns from their mothers and maternal relatives, according to a new study.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Even as liberal-seeming Amir invites Yusuf to join the Muslim Association, an informal organization of male Arab landowners, Yusuf’s father is killed in a night-time confrontation with the settlers.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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The only time this percentage has been higher since City joined the informal ranks of that group was in 2009, at the outset of their Abu Dhabi project.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Conversational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversational. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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