Synonyms of talked

talked

verb

past tense of talk

1

as in spoke

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

the fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spoke
• lectured
• discoursed
• harangued
• held forth
• expatiated
• declaimed
• took the floor
• orated
• descanted
• pontificated
• expounded
• soliloquized
• recited
• sermonized
• mouthed
• disserted
• spouted
• filibustered

2

as in chatted

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

talked with our neighbor as we unloaded the groceries from the car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatted
• conversed
• discussed
• chattered
• rattled
• visited
• gabbed
• babbled
• nattered
• blabbed
• schmoozed
• jabbered
• prattled
• prated
• rapped
• cackled
• gabbled
• gossiped
• twittered
• gassed
• pattered
• blew smoke
• kibitzed
• jawed
• ran on
• chinned
• talked a blue streak
• shot the breeze
• chaffered
• chewed the fat
• palavered
• tattled
• yammered
• yapped
• expatiated
• descanted
• yakked

3

as in said

to express (a thought or emotion) in words

you're talking nonsense: take a minute and think about what you are trying to say, and then start speaking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• said
• told
• spoke
• uttered
• discussed
• shared
• stated
• announced
• gave
• articulated
• verbalized
• brought out
• passed
• enunciated
• shouted
• posted
• published
• voiced
• looked
• put into words
• vocalized
• whispered
• put
• affirmed
• blurted
• sounded
• aired
• proclaimed
• commented
• declared
• advertised
• remarked
• asserted
• promulgated
• vented
• publicized
• ventilated
• alleged
• blabbered
• breathed
• got off
• murmured
• averred
• gasped
• chirped
• drawled
• purred
• bolted
• broadcast
• formulated
• blazed
• avowed
• phrased
• worded
• mouthed
• couched
• clothed
• shot
• snarled
• spouted
• spluttered
• avouched
• ripped (out)
• lipped
• formulized
• piped up (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• stifled

4

as in informed

to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities

after being threatened, the eyewitness started talking at length about what he had seen in the alley

Synonyms & Similar Words

• informed
• sang
• betrayed
• squealed
• squeaked
• finked
• snitched
• told (on)
• grassed (on)
• split (on)
• ratted (on)
• dropped a dime (on)
• sold (out)
• blabbed
• turned in
• crossed
• tattled
• gave away
• backstabbed
• double-crossed
• tipped (off)
• two-timed

5

as in gossiped

to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature

you're a fine one to talk about your sister's marital problems when you have had plenty of your own

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gossiped
• told
• dished
• revealed
• blabbed
• confided
• tattled
• wagged
• hinted
• circulated
• suggested
• reported
• disclosed
• informed
• divulged
• implied
• rumored
• intimated
• spilled the beans
• squealed
• blabbered
• spilled
• insinuated
• babbled
• let on
• bandied (about)
• tipped (off)
• snitched
• noised (about or abroad)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shut up
• clammed up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of talked

But after returning to Kansas City following that second interview in the Windy City, Matthews talked with then-Royals owner Ewing Kauffman. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Read Cep’s Profile of Kingsolver » Our editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and talked-about books. — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Caro Claire Burke, the bestselling novelist behind the most-talked-about-book of 2026, is asking all her followers to see a movie. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Ajon [Singh] talked a lot about that fable of the two wolves. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Affleck said the Oscar-winning director talked them through the answer, and that was that. — Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026

She's talked publicly about how the New Zealand coastal aesthetic and the California one felt like natural relatives. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026

Trump talked to Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House yesterday. — Matthew J. Belvedere,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

These were people who showed up to a wellness event on a weekend and talked to strangers. — Jessi Anderson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026