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Synonyms and Antonyms of talking
- the fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety
- talked with our neighbor as we unloaded the groceries from the car
babbling, blabbing, cackling, chaffering [British], chattering, chatting, chinning [slang], conversing, gabbing, gabbling, gassing, jabbering, jawing, kibitzing (also kibbitzing), nattering, palavering, pattering, prating, prattling, rapping, rattling, running on, schmoozing (or shmoozing), twittering, visiting
- you're talking nonsense: take a minute and think about what you are trying to say, and then start speaking
airing, discussing, giving, looking, sharing, sounding, ventilating, venting, voicing
blabbering, blurting, bolting, getting off, shooting
advertising, announcing, blazing, broadcasting, declaring, posting, proclaiming, promulgating, publicizing, publishing
affirming, alleging, asserting, averring, avouching, avowing
breathing, chirping, drawling, gasping, lipping, mouthing, murmuring, purring, shouting, spluttering, spouting, whispering
clothing, couching, formulating, formulizing, phrasing, putting, wording
- after being threatened, the eyewitness started talking at length about what he had seen in the alley
finking, grassing (on) [British slang], informing, ratting (on), singing, snitching, splitting (on) [British], squeaking, squealing, telling (on)
- you're a fine one to talk about your sister's marital problems when you have had plenty of your own
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