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as in talkative
fond of talking or conversation
the antiques dealer is not the conversational sort, so customers should not expect any impromptu chats
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as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation
struck a very conversational tone in his reports of his travels through foreign countries
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as in vernacular
used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing
uses conversational language instead of more stilted expressions in her campaign speeches
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Recent Examples of conversational
Keep it conversational rather than turning it into a lecture or interrogation.
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Larry Magid, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
The footage later circulated widely on social media, with many viewers pointing to the calm, conversational tone of the exchange — a simple driveway interaction unfolding while much of the city waited for power to return.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
For his standup act, Bellamy blends conversational storytelling with observational humor, often drawing on his background in music and pop culture.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Corey’s enormous productions and Ritchie’s conversational flows feel hypnotic in dark rooms over large sound systems, but on an intimate listen, moments like these meander.
—Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
The acquisition of Moveworks — closed in December 2025 — strengthened enterprise search and conversational AI.
—Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The company argues that by combining conversational AI with structured evaluation, dating apps can move closer to how people actually build relationships in real life.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
The live performance footage sounded terrific but some of the conversational interviews needed cleanup with modern audio tools.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Last December Meta acquired Limitless, a start-up with a conversational AI pendant.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
Larry Magid, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
The footage later circulated widely on social media, with many viewers pointing to the calm, conversational tone of the exchange — a simple driveway interaction unfolding while much of the city waited for power to return.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
For his standup act, Bellamy blends conversational storytelling with observational humor, often drawing on his background in music and pop culture.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Corey’s enormous productions and Ritchie’s conversational flows feel hypnotic in dark rooms over large sound systems, but on an intimate listen, moments like these meander.
—Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
The acquisition of Moveworks — closed in December 2025 — strengthened enterprise search and conversational AI.
—Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The company argues that by combining conversational AI with structured evaluation, dating apps can move closer to how people actually build relationships in real life.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
The live performance footage sounded terrific but some of the conversational interviews needed cleanup with modern audio tools.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Last December Meta acquired Limitless, a start-up with a conversational AI pendant.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversational
Adjective
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Dunleavy was more talkative about the Warriors’ flexibility in both the present and offseason, when Porzingis’ contract expires and the Warriors still possess all of their draft picks.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Loud, funny and talkative, The Big Bopper merged radio and rock stardom and became a larger-than-life entity with a true theatrical presence.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The city of big apples, hand-tossed pizzas and the colloquial adverb deadass.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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This time around, our Traitors and Faithfuls are a beautiful assortment of Housewives, Survivors, athletes, actors, and plenty of mothers — both literal (Donna Kelce) and in the colloquial sense (Porsha Williams).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Some authors of quasi-impossible books like Nabokov (Ada, or Ardor), Pynchon (Gravity’s Rainbow) and Wallace (Infinite Jest) nevertheless manage to write unfailingly entertaining sentences that never lose a certain vernacular crackle, and that are often funny.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Poverty pimp entered the vernacular as shorthand for a nonprofit leader who became expert at accessing federal money while deflecting oversight demands as anti-poor.—
Stephen Eide,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The steering has a natural, connected feel that's not artificially weighted, but is genuinely communicative.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2026
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This is an unusual position for an exponent of the public sphere and communicative rationality to take.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Anyone who survived the informal audition went on to meet judges Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie, and Carrie Underwood.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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Unlike the specialized literary magazine and its informal cousin, the literary blog, the general-interest newspaper has a kind of noble rapacity, an encyclopedic ambition to wrap its arms around the whole of the world.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Conversational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversational. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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