Synonyms of talking

talking 1 of 3

adjective

as in speaking

Related Words

• speaking
• communicative
• articulate
• talkative
• voluble
• well-spoken
• vocal
• loquacious
• talky
• outspoken
• eloquent
• fluent
• gabby
• garrulous
• glib
• unreserved
• facile
• silver-tongued
• smooth-tongued

Dissimilar Words

• silent
• mute
• mum
• speechless
• muted
• wordless
• uncommunicative
• inarticulate
• voiceless
• tongue-tied
• nonvocal

talking

2 of 3

noun

as in communication

Related Words

• speaking
• communication
• eloquence
• fluency
• volubility
• talkativeness
• loquacity
• loquaciousness
• garrulousness
• chattiness
• talkiness
• verbosity
• wordiness
• windiness
• verboseness

Dissimilar Words

• silence
• stillness
• speechlessness
• muteness
• inarticulateness
• reticence
• voicelessness
• reserve
• taciturnity
• inarticulacy
• reticency

talking

3 of 3

verb

present participle of talk

1

as in lecturing

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

the fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speaking
• lecturing
• discoursing
• expatiating
• holding forth
• haranguing
• declaiming
• orating
• taking the floor
• descanting
• soliloquizing
• pontificating
• expounding
• reciting
• mouthing
• sermonizing
• disserting
• spouting
• filibustering

2

as in chatting

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• conversing
• discussing
• chattering
• rattling
• gabbing
• visiting
• jabbering
• babbling
• blabbing
• nattering
• schmoozing
• prattling
• prating
• gossiping
• gabbling
• jawing
• cackling
• rapping
• kibitzing
• pattering
• twittering
• gassing
• blowing smoke
• chinning
• running on
• palavering
• chaffering
• talking a blue streak
• shooting the breeze
• chewing the fat
• tattling
• yapping
• yakking
• yammering
• expatiating
• descanting

3

as in saying

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

• saying
• telling
• speaking
• uttering
• discussing
• sharing
• stating
• articulating
• verbalizing
• giving
• putting
• vocalizing
• announcing
• shouting
• enunciating
• passing
• bringing out
• posting
• looking
• voicing
• publishing
• whispering
• putting into words
• proclaiming
• blurting
• sounding
• airing
• ventilating
• declaring
• commenting
• venting
• affirming
• broadcasting
• advertising
• asserting
• promulgating
• blabbering
• publicizing
• breathing
• murmuring
• alleging
• mouthing
• chirping
• remarking
• gasping
• getting off
• formulating
• spouting
• purring
• blazing
• drawling
• bolting
• shooting
• avowing
• clothing
• spluttering
• averring
• phrasing
• snarling
• wording
• couching
• avouching
• lipping
• ripping (out)
• formulizing
• piping up (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• stifling

4

as in informing

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

• informing
• singing
• betraying
• squeaking
• squealing
• snitching
• telling (on)
• splitting (on)
• finking
• grassing (on)
• ratting (on)
• dropping a dime (on)
• selling (out)
• crossing
• blabbing
• tattling
• turning in
• backstabbing
• giving away
• double-crossing
• tipping (off)
• two-timing

5

as in gossiping

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

• gossiping
• telling
• blabbing
• dishing
• tattling
• revealing
• wagging
• circulating
• confiding
• implying
• disclosing
• hinting
• suggesting
• informing
• spilling the beans
• reporting
• divulging
• intimating
• blabbering
• squealing
• spilling
• babbling
• rumoring
• insinuating
• snitching
• tipping (off)
• letting on
• bandying (about)
• noising (about or abroad)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shutting up
• clamming up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of talking

Noun

The online creator-to-director pipeline will be a major talking point at this year’s AFM. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026

Instead of sharing talking points or bland DNC messaging, the national party’s communications team decided to simply share clips and let the creators decide whether or how to use them. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026

However, clients will have to wait a little longer for the capsule collection of handbags developed in collaboration with the Keith Haring Foundation that were the main talking point of the cruise show. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026

While those are fine talking points for the rest of us, though, Drinkwitz was right to hold back — publicly, anyway — and focus primarily on what the Tigers could have done to change the outcome. — Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026

The heightened reality is definitely a talking point, especially now Helen is the prime minister’s wife. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

Skepticism of data centers, and their impact on electricity prices, often blended with the fight for affordability — a key campaign talking point for Democrats. — Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Climate will be a big talking point because 49 of the Commonwealth’s countries share a border with the ocean as concerns grow over rising sea levels. — Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Trump singled out El-Sayed for using the aid as a talking point. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

Verb

Democrats are talking more cautiously now, and the party is rooting them on from DC. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Her intentions were made clear in exchanges on social media with Bowden, who harshly criticized Honeycutt for crossing party lines, particularly for talking with Ocasio-Cortez. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026

Even as everyone is talking to Jeff at Tribal, there are whispers back and forth, and the only words emerging are Eric and Brady, with a lot of I don’t knows thrown in for good measure. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

In a first look at The Gallerist, Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega make a killing with a piece of art that has everyone talking. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Kaepora Gaebora, the talking owl who guides your path, won't repeat himself at the slightest provocation. — James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026

The formal part of the event ended with Clark and Stack talking golf. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026

This may sound counterintuitive to say, since objectively there is no person in music history more famous for talking in concert than Natalie Maines. — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

Police said a man was talking with a Walmart employee in an aisle at the store when the encounter turned physical. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Phrases Containing talking

• talking point