conversational

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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversational
Adjective
  • Audiences that get hyped up, like Thai audiences, are like talkative people.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Building strong relationships—without being the loudest in the room Introverts are rarely the most talkative people in meetings or social settings.
    Lorraine K. Lee, Contributor, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Because back nine is close to backside, and backside is just far too colloquial.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Russ Scholl, a ski instructor at Breckenridge Ski Resort, has published a 133-square grid of funky colloquial phrases for different types of snow.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This eye-catching merger of the vernacular and the global — winding its way into the pavilion with wooden flooring, shelving and displays — will host discussions, performances and, hopefully, more impromptu gatherings.
    Sam Lubell, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • There’s very few vernacular places left in America.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This open dialogue and communicative environment has had such a positive impact on Celebree’s results and has become my favorite way to kick off the week.
    Richard Huffman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • The sophisticated parsing of law and finance, the hard-nosed practicality of retail politics, and the workaday lilt of person-in-the-street interviews converge on the soundtrack and are reflected in images that are modestly but candidly communicative—uninflected but humming with passion.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The case underscores the potential risks of informal workplace activities, particularly those involving personality assessments or character comparisons.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • With those ceremonial notices, an informal countdown begins to the moment that the new pope's identity is revealed to the world.
    Christopher Watson, ABC News, 8 May 2025
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“Conversational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversational. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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