talks

The word “talks” has 1 syllable: talks

It's pronounced as /tɔːks/


What is synonym and antonym for talks?

In the thesaurus, “talks” has 225 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for talks

  • addresses
  • advertises
  • affirms
  • airs
  • alleges
  • announces
  • argumentations
  • arguments
  • argy-bargies
  • articulates
  • asserts
  • avers
  • avouches
  • avows
  • babbles
  • back-and-forths
  • backchat
  • backstabs
  • betrays
  • blabbers
  • blabs
  • blazes
  • blows smoke
  • blurts
  • bolts
  • breathes
  • brings out
  • broadcasts
  • bull sessions
  • cackle
  • cackles
  • causeries
  • chaffers
  • chat rooms
  • chats
  • chatter
  • chatters
  • chews the fat
  • chews the rag
  • chin music
  • chin-wag
  • chins
  • chirps
  • chitchats
  • circulates
  • clothes
  • colloquies
  • comments
  • confabs
  • confabulations
  • conferences
  • confides
  • consultancies
  • consultations
  • consults
  • conversations
  • converses
  • couches
  • councils
  • counsel
  • crosses
  • crosstalk
  • debates
  • declaims
  • declamations
  • declares
  • deliberations
  • descants
  • dialogs
  • dialogues
  • diatribes
  • discloses
  • discourses
  • discusses
  • discussions
  • dishes
  • disquisitions
  • disserts
  • divulges
  • double-crosses
  • drawls
  • enunciates
  • eulogies
  • exchanges
  • expatiates
  • expounds
  • filibusters
  • finks
  • fora
  • formulates
  • formulizes
  • forums
  • gab
  • gabbles
  • gabfests
  • gabs
  • gases
  • gasps
  • gasses
  • gets off
  • give-and-takes
  • gives
  • gives away
  • gossip
  • gossips
  • happy talk
  • harangues
  • hints
  • holds forth
  • homilies
  • implies
  • informs
  • insinuates
  • intimates
  • jabbers
  • jangle
  • jaws
  • keynote addresses
  • keynote speeches
  • kibbitzes
  • kibitzes
  • lectures
  • lets on
  • lips
  • looks
  • meetings
  • monologs
  • monologues
  • mouths
  • murmurs
  • natters
  • negotiations
  • orates
  • orations
  • palavers
  • panegyrics
  • parleys
  • passes
  • patter
  • patters
  • perorations
  • phrases
  • pitches
  • pontificates
  • posts
  • pourparlers
  • prates
  • prattles
  • presentations
  • proclaims
  • promulgates
  • publicizes
  • publishes
  • purrs
  • puts
  • puts into words
  • rants
  • raps
  • rattles
  • recites
  • remarks
  • reports
  • reveals
  • round tables
  • roundtables
  • rumors
  • runs on
  • salutatories
  • says
  • schmoozes
  • seminars
  • sermonizes
  • sermons
  • shares
  • shmoozes
  • shoots
  • shoots the breeze
  • shouts
  • sings
  • skull practices
  • skull sessions
  • small talk
  • snarls
  • snitches
  • soliloquies
  • soliloquizes
  • sounds
  • speaks
  • speeches
  • spiels
  • spills
  • spills the beans
  • splutters
  • spouts
  • squeaks
  • squeals
  • states
  • suggests
  • symposia
  • symposiums
  • table talk
  • takes the floor
  • talkathons
  • talks a blue streak
  • tattles
  • tells
  • tirades
  • tributes
  • turns in
  • twitters
  • two-times
  • utters
  • ventilates
  • vents
  • verbalizes
  • visits
  • vocalizes
  • voices
  • wags
  • whispers
  • words
  • yacks
  • yaks
  • yammers
  • yaps

Antonyms for talks

  • clams up
  • shuts up
  • stifles
  • suppresses

Meanings of talks

  • 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.
  • noun
    1. A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
    2. A lecture.
    3. Gossip; rumour.
    4. (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
    5. (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child about a reality of life; in particular:.
    6. (not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
    7. (usually plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.

Example Sentences

  • The company is in talks with investors to secure additional funding.
  • They had several talks about improving communication within the team.
  • The peace talks between the two countries are scheduled for next week.
  • She was nervous before the talks with her boss about the promotion.
  • The negotiations were slow, but they finally reached an agreement after multiple talks.

On this page you'll find 229 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to talks, such as: addresses, advertises, affirms, airs, alleges, announces, argumentations.

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Related Words

babbles

back-and-forths

  • argumentations
  • arguments
  • argy-bargies
  • bargains
  • barters
  • bull sessions
  • chat rooms
  • chats
  • colloquies
  • commutations
  • confabs
  • confabulations
  • conferences
  • consultancies
  • consultations
  • consults
  • conversations
  • councils
  • counsel
  • dealings
  • deals
  • debates
  • deliberations
  • dialogs
  • dialogues
  • dickers
  • discourses
  • discussions
  • disquisitions
  • exchanges
  • fora
  • forums
  • give-and-takes
  • horse trades
  • logrollings
  • meetings
  • negotiations
  • palavers
  • parleys
  • pourparlers
  • quid pro quos
  • raps
  • reciprocations
  • recompenses
  • replacements
  • requitals
  • round tables
  • roundtables
  • seminars
  • skull practices
  • skull sessions
  • substitutions
  • swaps
  • symposia
  • symposiums
  • talkathons
  • talks
  • trade-offs
  • trades
  • transactions
  • trucks
  • words

backs

  • abets
  • adopts
  • advances
  • advises
  • advocates
  • affirms
  • aids
  • assists
  • attends
  • avouches
  • backstops
  • bails out
  • bears a hand
  • benefits
  • bolsters
  • boosts
  • buttresses
  • champions
  • chinks
  • comforts
  • confirms
  • corroborates
  • counsels
  • delivers
  • downfalls
  • eases
  • emboldens
  • embraces
  • encourages
  • endorses
  • espouses
  • establishes
  • facilitates
  • favors
  • forwards
  • fosters
  • furthers
  • goes in for
  • goes to bat for
  • guides
  • hamartias
  • heartens
  • helps
  • holds a brief for
  • indorses
  • jugulars
  • launches
  • mentors
  • nurtures
  • obliges
  • patronizes
  • plugs
  • preaches
  • profits
  • promotes
  • proves
  • rears
  • reenforces
  • reinforces
  • rescues
  • reverses
  • ruins
  • saves
  • seconds
  • serves
  • soft spots
  • sponsors
  • stands one in good stead
  • stands up for
  • sticks up for
  • substantiates
  • succors
  • supports
  • sustains
  • tails
  • talks up
  • tragic flaws
  • underbellies
  • undoings
  • validates
  • verifies

bad-mouths

  • abuses
  • asperses
  • belittles
  • censures
  • condemns
  • cries down
  • criticizes
  • decries
  • defames
  • denigrates
  • denounces
  • deprecates
  • depreciates
  • derogates
  • diminishes
  • discommends
  • discounts
  • discredits
  • disgraces
  • dislikes
  • dismisses
  • disparages
  • disses
  • dumps on
  • kisses off
  • maligns
  • minimizes
  • plays down
  • poor-mouths
  • puts down
  • reprehends
  • reprobates
  • rips
  • runs down
  • scolds
  • slanders
  • slurs
  • talks down
  • traduces
  • trash-talks
  • trashes
  • vilifies
  • vilipends
  • writes off

ballyhoos

  • acclaims
  • ados
  • advances
  • advertises
  • alarums and excursions
  • announces
  • applauds
  • asserts
  • avers
  • barks
  • blares
  • blathers
  • blazes
  • blazons
  • blows up
  • bluster
  • bobberies
  • boosts
  • bothers
  • brawls
  • broadcasts
  • bustles
  • cacophonies
  • claims
  • clamors
  • clatters
  • clutters
  • coils
  • commends
  • commotions
  • compliments
  • corroborees
  • cracks up
  • cries up
  • declares
  • dins
  • disorders
  • disturbances
  • dithers
  • dos
  • endorses
  • eruptions
  • eulogizes
  • extolls
  • extols
  • fevers
  • flare-ups
  • flurries
  • flutters
  • foofaraws
  • fracas
  • fracases
  • frays
  • frets
  • fun
  • furores
  • furors
  • fusses
  • glorifies
  • hails
  • hassles
  • helter-skelters
  • heralds
  • hoo-hahs
  • hoo-has
  • hooplas
  • howls
  • hubble-bubbles
  • hubbubs
  • hue and cries
  • hullabaloos
  • hurlies
  • hurly-burlies
  • hurricanes
  • hurry-scurries
  • hurry-skurries
  • hypes
  • indorses
  • kerfuffles
  • lathers
  • lauds
  • lays down
  • magnifies
  • makes out
  • melees
  • merchandises
  • merchandizes
  • moils
  • noises
  • offers
  • outbreaks
  • outbursts
  • outcries
  • pandemoniums
  • pitches
  • plugs
  • pothers
  • praises
  • proclaims
  • promotes
  • pronounces
  • publicizes
  • publishes
  • pushes
  • rackets
  • recommends
  • reviews
  • roars
  • rows
  • ruckuses
  • ructions
  • rumpuses
  • scuffles
  • sells
  • shindies
  • shindys
  • splores
  • squalls
  • stews
  • stirs
  • storms
  • talks up
  • tizzies
  • to-dos
  • touts
  • trumpets
  • tub-thumps
  • tumults
  • turmoils
  • upheavals
  • uproars
  • welters
  • whirls
  • williwaws
  • zoos

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