talk

nouns

an exchange of ideas via conversation

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

talk, talking

discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')

"his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"

talk

is a type of (narrower)

an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

"the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"

discourse, discussion, treatment

the act of giving a talk to an audience

"I attended an interesting talk on local history"

talk

is a type of (narrower)

teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

lecture, lecturing

a speech that is open to the public

"he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

lecture, public lecture, talk

idle gossip or rumor

"there has been talk about you lately"

talk, talk of the town

is derived from

talky

verbs

exchange thoughts; talk with

"We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

speak, talk

is derived from

talkative

is derived from

talking

express in speech

"She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize

is derived from

talker

use language

"the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

speak, talk

is derived from

talker

reveal information

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

spill, talk

divulge confidential information or secrets

"Be careful--his secretary talks"

babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle

is derived from

talkative

antonym

keep quiet

deliver a lecture or talk

"She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

lecture, talk

is derived from

talker