talking

The word “talking” has 2 syllables: talk-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for talking?

In the thesaurus, “talking” has 185 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for talking along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for talking

advertising
affirming
airing
alleging
announcing
articulate
articulating
asserting
averring
avouching
avowing
babbling
backstabbing
betraying
blabbering
blabbing
blazing
blowing smoke
blurting
bolting
breathing
bringing out
broadcasting
cackling
chaffering
chattering
chattiness
chatting
chewing the fat
chewing the rag
chinning
chirping
circulating
clothing
commenting
communication
communicative
confiding
conversing
couching
crossing
declaiming
declaring
descanting
disclosing
discoursing
discussing
dishing
disserting
divulging
double-crossing
drawling
echoing
eloquence
eloquent
enunciating
expatiating
expounding
expressing
facile
filibustering
finking
fluency
fluent
formulating
formulizing
gabbing
gabbling
gabby
garrulous
garrulousness
gasping
gassing
getting off
giving
giving away
glib
gossiping
haranguing
hinting
holding forth
implying
informing
insinuating
intimating
jabbering
jawing
kibbitzing
kibitzing
lecturing
letting on
lipping
looking
loquacious
loquaciousness
loquacity
mouthing
murmuring
nattering
orating
outspoken
palavering
passing
pattering
phrasing
pontificating
posting
prating
prattling
proclaiming
promulgating
pronouncing
publicizing
publishing
purring
putting
putting into words
ranting
rapping
rattling
reciting
remarking
repeating
reporting
revealing
rumoring
running on
saying
schmoozing
sermonizing
sharing
shmoozing
shooting
shooting the breeze
shouting
silver-tongued
singing
smooth-tongued
snarling
snitching
soliloquizing
sounding
speaking
spilling
spilling the beans
spluttering
spouting
squeaking
squealing
stating
suggesting
taking the floor
talkative
talkativeness
talkiness
talking a blue streak
talky
tattling
telling
turning in
twittering
two-timing
unreserved
uttering
ventilating
venting
verbalizing
verboseness
verbosity
visiting
vocal
vocalizing
voicing
volubility
voluble
wagging
well-spoken
whispering
windiness
wordiness
wording
yacking
yakking
yammering
yapping

Antonyms for talking

clamming up
dumb
dumbness
hearing
inarticulacy
inarticulate
inarticulateness
listening
mum
mute
muted
muteness
nonvocal
reserve
reticence
reticency
shutting up
silence
silent
speechless
speechlessness
stifling
stillness
suppressing
taciturnity
tongue-tied
uncommunicative
voiceless
voicelessness
witnessing
wordless

Meanings of talking

noun
1. The action of the verb talk.
verb
1. To communicate, usually by means of speech.
2. To discuss; to talk about.
3. To speak (a certain language).
4. (chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
5. To confess, especially implicating others.
6. To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
7. To gossip; to create scandal.
8. (chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.

Example Sentences

She was talking so fast that I could barely keep up.
We spent hours talking about our plans for the future.
Stop talking and listen to what I'm saying!
He kept talking during the meeting, making it hard for others to contribute.
The talking in the background was distracting during the movie.

On this page you'll find 216 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to talking, such as: advertising, affirming, airing, alleging, announcing, articulate, articulating.

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