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

Zendaya, styled by Law Roach, let the dress do the talking, but her new hair was also the star of the show. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Oh, also, a major talking point in American culture a year and a half ago was whether one of the biggest superstars in the world would be publicly branded a pedophile during the Super Bowl. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

If last year is any indication, get ready for intricate textures, trailing scarves, off-white suits with fine tailoring for the men, and understated jewelry pairings that let the clothes do all the talking. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Affordability has become a major talking point in the run-up to the November midterms, with each party trying to court working-class voters. — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

But the trash-talking Argentine’s latest antics became a major talking point on social media. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Juror information is kept private, and Bezos wasn’t doing any talking. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Perhaps this will give at least some of Chicago’s current mayoral candidates a campaign talking point or two. — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

The founding member and lead guitarist with Pearl Jam made his axe do all the talking, for an otherworldly performance that would’ve made Jimi Hendrix smile. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026

Verb

This is Edward, the aging King of England, talking to the ambitious noble Harold Godwinson. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

While talking with reporters Wednesday, Payton was asked how Denver was preparing for Mahomes, who is coming off major knee surgery in December. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Camp’s turn here as a kooky neighbor who stumbles into an unexpected romance is exactly the kind of role that gets a room talking (and laughing). — Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

There are no talking-head interviews with curators, scholars, or artists, and minimal contextualization of Hammer’s work within the broader narrative of 20th-century art history. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Despite 40-plus years of dazzling red-carpet moments—and two decades since becoming the first Arab designer on the official Paris haute couture calendar—in real life Elie Saab is still more comfortable letting his runway do the talking for him. — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026

The event comes just after Labor Day, as the campaign season kicks off in earnest, requiring candidates to take time away from talking to voters less than two months before Election Day. — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Our first conversation in 2019, in his trailer on the set of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, was constantly interrupted by Siri, as DeVito adorably struggled to get his iPhone to stop talking. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

For Steinem, who spent so much of her life touring and talking, a private space of her own became a place to recharge. — Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing talking

• talking point