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Nouns (8)

n. the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"

n. an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"

n. discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'); "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"

talk, talk of the town

n. idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"

lecture, talk, public lecture

n. a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

Verbs (29)

lecture, talk

v. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

talk, reveal information

v. reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

talk, speak

v. exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

talk, speak

v. use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

idle, run idle, run disconnected

v. run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"

idle, laze, stagnate, be idle, twiddle one's thumbs

v. be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"

talk, mouth, utter, speak, verbalize

v. express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

talk, peach, babble, tattle, blab, sing, babble out, blab out

v. divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (8)

idle

adj. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"

idle

adj. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"

idle, unused

adj. not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"

idle, baseless, groundless, unfounded

adj. without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

Fuzzynyms (169)

language, speech, oral communication, spoken language

n. (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

give-and-take, word, discussion

n. an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"

cant, jargon, patois, lingo, slang, argot

n. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

prate, prattle, blether, idle talk

n. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

rant, harangue, ranting

n. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

address, turn to, speak to

v. speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window"

elaborate, expatiate, expound, expatiate on, expatiate upon, elaborate on, elaborate upon, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on, expand on, dilate upon

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

talk, speak

v. use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

talk, speak

v. exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

rag, jaw, rebuke, reproof, reprimand, scold, dress down, chide, berate, lambaste, lambast, remonstrate with, jaw at, chew up, bawl out, chew out, have words with

v. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

caution, admonish

v. warn strongly; put on guard

discourse, converse

v. carry on a conversation

visit, chat, jaw, confab, chitchat, gossip, chatter, confabulate, chaffer, natter, claver

v. talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

lecture, talk

v. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

lecture, talk

v. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

elaborate, expatiate, expound, expatiate on, expatiate upon, elaborate on, elaborate upon, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on, expand on, dilate upon

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

waste, languish, waste away, pine away

v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

dictate

v. say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"

vocalize, sing without words

v. sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

vocalize, vowelize

v. pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized"

sound, voice, vocalize

v. utter with vibrating vocal chords

discuss, talk over

v. speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"

grumble, rumble

v. make a low noise; "rumbling thunder"

vent, ventilate, give vent

v. give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers"

gossip, wag one's tongue

v. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt"

report, describe, report on

v. give information

clack, piffle, gibber, palaver, gabble, tattle, tittle-tattle, chatter, prate, prattle, twaddle, maunder, blabber

v. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

report, turn in, inform on

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

chatter

v. make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"

inform, round on, give information, let know

v. impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"

rumor, rumour, bruit

v. tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"

inactive, dormant

adj. of e.g. volcanos; not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"

inaccurate, erroneous

adj. containing or characterized by error; "erroneous conclusions"; "the answer was inaccurate"

false

adj. not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"

faulty

adj. characterized by errors; "he submitted a faulty report"

wrong, incorrect

adj. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

undue, unwarranted, unjustified

adj. lacking justification or authorization; "unreasonable searches and seizures"; "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom"

irrational

adj. not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"

unsound, unstable, mentally ill

adj. suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind"

indefensible, untenable

adj. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified

incongruous, unreasonable, absurd

adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman

mindless, vacuous, asinine, fatuous, inane

adj. devoid of intelligence

illogical, unlogical

adj. lacking in correct logical relation

unattested

adj. not bearing the signature of a witness: "an unwitnessed legal document"

unestablished

adj. not established; "a reputation as yet unestablished"

unproved, unproven

adj. not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"

invalid

adj. "a false start"; "a false alarm"

Synonyms (25)

address, speak to, speak, give a speech to

v. give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"

address, turn to, speak to

v. speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window"

be a spokesman for, speak for

v. be a spokesperson for; "He represents the Government's position"

talk out of

v. persuade someone not to do something

ineffective, uneffective

adj. not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"

unemployed

adj. not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital"

easy, undemanding

adj. not demanding; requiring little if any patience or effort or skill; "the pay was adequate and the job undemanding"; "simple undemanding affection"; "an undemanding boss"

shut down, closed, shut-down

adj. with shutters closed

fallow

adj. left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland"

strikebound

adj. closed or immobilized by a strike; "a strikebound airline"

single-handed, unassisted, unbacked

adj. unsupported by other people

uncorroborated, unsubstantiated

adj. unsupported by other evidence

Antonyms (7)

run, be running

v. be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!"

work, exert oneself, exert effort

v. exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"

busy

adj. actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"

active

adj. full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"

idle talk

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