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conversational

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of conversational

1 fond of talking or conversation

  • the antiques dealer is not the conversational sort, so customers should not expect any impromptu chats
Synonyms of conversational

blabby, chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, motormouthed, mouthy, talkative, talky
Words Related to conversational

communicative, expansive

demonstrative, effusive, gushing

free-spoken, outspoken, unreserved, vocal

articulate, fluent, glib, voluble, well-spoken

gossipy, talebearing, tale-telling

long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy

extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable
Near Antonyms of conversational

quiet, shy

mum, mute, silent, speechless, tongue-tied, wordless

evasive, nonvocal, secretive, self-contained

aloof, indrawn, inhibited, introverted, retiring, unsociable, withdrawn
Antonyms of conversational

closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative

2 having the style and content of everyday conversation

  • struck a very conversational tone in his reports of his travels through foreign countries
Synonyms of conversational

chattery, chatty, colloquial, dishy, gossipy, newsy
Words Related to conversational

casual, familiar, informal, intimate, tell-all

digressive, discursive, rambling

communicative, expansive, garrulous, talkative
Near Antonyms of conversational

ceremonious, dignified, elevated, formal, solemn, stately
Antonyms of conversational

bookish, literary

3 used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing

  • uses conversational language instead of more stilted expressions in her campaign speeches
Synonyms of conversational

colloquial, informal, nonformal, nonliterary, unbookish, unliterary, vernacular, vulgar
Words Related to conversational

dialectal, dialectical (also dialectic), nonstandard, regional

incorrect, nongrammatical, substandard, uneducated, ungrammatical, unlearned

slang, slangy
Near Antonyms of conversational

standard, undialectical

correct, educated, genteel, grammatical, proper
Antonyms of conversational

bookish, formal, learned, literary

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