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
• schmoozed
• blabbed
• jabbered
• prattled
• prated
• kibitzed
• cackled
• rapped
• gossiped
• gabbled
• shmoozed
• twittered
• gassed
• pattered
• blew smoke
• jawed
• ran on
• kibbitzed
• chewed the rag
• chaffered
• chinned
• talked a blue streak
• shot the breeze
• chewed the fat
• palavered
• tattled
• yammered
• yapped
• yakked
• expatiated
• descanted
• yacked

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
• broadcasted
• avowed
• phrased
• worded
• mouthed
• couched
• clothed
• clad
• 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
• sung
• betrayed
• squealed
• squeaked
• snitched
• told (on)
• finked
• grassed (on)
• split (on)
• ratted (on)
• dropped a dime (on)
• sold (out)
• blabbed
• turned in
• tattled
• crossed
• 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)
• spilt
• snitched
• noised (about or abroad)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shut up
• clammed up