Talk definition

Talk as a verb

1. exchange thoughts; talk with

   "We often talk business"

   Same sense: speak

2. express in speech

   "She talks a lot of nonsense"

   Same sense: speak, mouth, utter, verbalize, verbalise

3. use language

   "the baby talks already"

   Same sense: speak

4. reveal information

   "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"

   Same sense: spill

5. divulge confidential information or secrets

   "Be careful — his secretary talks"

   Same sense: sing, peach, spill the beans, babble out, babble, tattle, blab out, blab

6. deliver a lecture or talk

   "She will talk at Rutgers next week"

   Same sense: lecture

Talk as a noun

7. an exchange of ideas via conversation

   "let's have more work and less talk around here"

   Same sense: talking

8. discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)

   "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"

9. the act of giving a talk to an audience

   "I attended an interesting talk on local history"

10. a speech that is open to the public

    Same sense: lecture, public lecture

11. idle gossip or rumor

    "there has been talk about you lately"

    Same sense: talk of the town

Synonyms and antonyms

• speak
• mouth
• utter
• verbalize
• verbalise
• spill
• sing
• peach
• spill the beans
• babble out
• babble
• tattle
• blab out
• blab
• lecture
• talking
• public lecture
• talk of the town

Opposite: keep quiet.

All synonyms of talk, sense by sense

How to say talk

Talk has 1 syllable and rhymes with walk. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with talk

• walk
• hawk
• sidewalk
• stalk
• boardwalk
• warlock
• tomahawk
• balk
• nighthawk
• squawk
• gawk
• crosstalk

All 19 words that rhyme with talk

TALK in word games

Scrabble

8

Words With Friends

9

Anagrams

0

Is TALK a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check TALK in the word checker, or unscramble TALK to see the shorter words in its letters.