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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
Predicting which persona vectors are likely to become engaged and anticipating what impact the persona vector will have on a conversational chat.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Kathleen Peters, chief innovation officer at Experian, said the company already has conversational agents that recommend actions and now carry them out—for example, walking a customer through the steps to boost a credit score.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Perel expects conversational skills to grow as a competitive advantage as AI becomes more prominent in how people interact at work.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Since 2023, the agency has been probing whether OpenAI has violated consumer protection laws with its popular ChatGPT conversational AI bot.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Tesla continues to frame Optimus as central to its long-term strategy, and the latest iteration now pairs the hardware with Grok’s voice mode to enable conversational control.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Non-linear conversational branching is just one more feature to remind you that an AI chatbot's simulated perspective is mutable, changeable, and highly guided by your own inputs in addition to the training data that forged its underlying neural network.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Walmart may be trying to help its employees better understand conversational AI while its technology teams work on the super agents behind the scenes.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
Talking to a narcissist—whose behavior is characterized by grandiosity, a constant need for admiration, and a lack of empathy—is the ultimate example of navigating conversational landmines.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Kathleen Peters, chief innovation officer at Experian, said the company already has conversational agents that recommend actions and now carry them out—for example, walking a customer through the steps to boost a credit score.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Perel expects conversational skills to grow as a competitive advantage as AI becomes more prominent in how people interact at work.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Since 2023, the agency has been probing whether OpenAI has violated consumer protection laws with its popular ChatGPT conversational AI bot.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Tesla continues to frame Optimus as central to its long-term strategy, and the latest iteration now pairs the hardware with Grok’s voice mode to enable conversational control.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Non-linear conversational branching is just one more feature to remind you that an AI chatbot's simulated perspective is mutable, changeable, and highly guided by your own inputs in addition to the training data that forged its underlying neural network.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Walmart may be trying to help its employees better understand conversational AI while its technology teams work on the super agents behind the scenes.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
Talking to a narcissist—whose behavior is characterized by grandiosity, a constant need for admiration, and a lack of empathy—is the ultimate example of navigating conversational landmines.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversational
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Harjo understands better than all but a few of his star’s previous collaborators how to weaponize Hawke’s gift for playing talkative dirtbags who are equal parts insufferable and charming.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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That of course was not unusual, but what was unusual was how talkative this man had been.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Mays brought the quality of Elegba’s duality to life with impeccable, almost intuitive range, dancing from whimsical embodiment to archival vernacular to colloquial ease with incredible intention and timing.—
Essence,
Essence,
17 Sep. 2025
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Today’s Wordle Etymology The word lefty is a colloquial formation from left + the diminutive/agentive suffix -y.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For such an insistence on democracy, the pavilion is curiously tepid in its politics, save for a kind of vernacular populism and some PBS-esque nods to the Gee’s Bend quilters.—
Kate Wagner,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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Once again, his use of vernacular and social media address appeared to be mocking the President’s own style.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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The issue is that when touch is used purely for stimulation, this deeper communicative function is often overlooked.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Making sure leaders are accessible and communicative doesn’t end after onboarding.—
Roula Amire,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Protesters signaled their support for Karki through an informal vote on the messaging app Discord.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bolsonaro's presidency was marked by intense skepticism about the pandemic and vaccines and his embrace of informal mining and land-clearing for cattle grazing, pushing deforestation rates in the Amazon rainforest to record highs.—
Ricardo Brito,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Conversational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversational. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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