| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
talk |
| |
| NOUN: | 1. Spoken exchange: chat, colloquy, confabulation, conversation, converse1, dialogue, discourse, speech. Informal : confab. Slang : jaw. See WORDS. 2. A usually formal oral communication to an audience: address, allocution, declamation, lecture, oration, prelection, speech. See WORDS. 3. The faculty, act, or product of speaking: discourse, speech, utterance, verbalization, vocalization. See WORDS. 4. The act or process of dealing with another to reach an agreement. Often used in plural: negotiation, parley. See WORDS. | | VERB: | 1. To direct speech to: address, speak. See WORDS. 2. To meet and exchange views to reach a decision: advise, confer, consult, deliberate, parley. Informal : powwow. See COLLECT, MEET, WORDS. 3. To engage in spoken exchange: chat, confabulate, converse1, discourse, speak. Informal : confab, visit. See WORDS. 4. To engage in or spread gossip: blab, gossip, noise, rumor, tattle, tittle-tattle, whisper. Idioms: tell tales, tell tales out of school. See WORDS. 5. To give incriminating information about others, especially to the authorities: inform, tattle, tip3 (off). Informal : fink. Slang : rat, sing, snitch, squeal, stool. Idioms: blow the whistle. See KNOWLEDGE, LAW. 6. To put into words: articulate, communicate, convey, declare, express, say, state, tell, utter1, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice. Idioms: give tongue (or vent) (or voice) to. See WORDS. 7. To express oneself in speech: speak, verbalize, vocalize. Idioms: open one's mouth (or lips) , put in (or into) words, wag one's tongue. See WORDS. | | PHRASAL VERB: | talk back To utter an impertinent rejoinder: talk up. Informal : sass, sauce. Idioms: give someone lip. See RESIST, WORDS. talk down To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, slight. Idioms: make light (or little) of. See ATTACK, SHOW. talk into To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way: argue into, bring, bring around or (round), convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on or (upon), sell (on). See PERSUASION. talk over To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about: bandy (about), discuss, moot, thrash out or (over), thresh out or (over), toss around. Informal : hash (over), kick around, knock about or (around). Slang : rap3. Idioms: go into a huddle. See WORDS. talk up 1. To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product): advertise, ballyhoo, build up, cry (up), popularize, promote, publicize. Informal : pitch, plug. Slang : push. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity: ballyhoo, boost, build up, enhance, promote, publicize, puff, tout. Informal : plug. Slang : hype. See KNOWLEDGE. 3. To utter an impertinent rejoinder: talk back. Informal : sass, sauce. Idioms: give someone lip. See RESIST, WORDS.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
