TALKED Synonyms: 167 Similar and Opposite Words

talked

verb

Definition of talked next

past tense of talk

as in spoke

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject the fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety

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as in chatted

to engage in casual or rambling conversation talked with our neighbor as we unloaded the groceries from the car

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as in said

to express (a thought or emotion) in words you're talking nonsense: take a minute and think about what you are trying to say, and then start speaking

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as in informed

to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities after being threatened, the eyewitness started talking at length about what he had seen in the alley

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as in gossiped

to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature you're a fine one to talk about your sister's marital problems when you have had plenty of your own

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Recent Examples of talked Skip the flowers The CFP talked a big game about updating the methodology used to select the 12 participants in the 2025 field. —

David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026 The new manager and the pitcher had lunch and talked baseball. —

Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026 One of the support people came out, sat down on the stage for a moment, talked to her, got up, left the stage, and the Little Mermaid sang beautifully. —

David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026 The two women may have only talked for a couple of minutes at a time during bank visits, but Clarke was fond of Lang. —

Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026 Paramount has talked often — and loudly — about how deep its pockets are, and has expressed supreme confidence in its DC chops. —

Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 2026 The two rekindled their relationship during episode 11 and talked things out. —

Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Feb. 2026 Once, as Wu gave Guojun a ride to a meeting, Guojun talked on the phone to Li about their business interests in Xinjiang. —

Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 Keeping the tradition After Adame-Clark was elected county clerk in 2018, her predecessor talked to her about continuing the tradition of Valentine’s Day mass weddings. —

Melissa Renteria, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2026

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Actress Jamie Chung chatted with García over servings of Sichuan cucumber salad.

— Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026
Joy Behar chatted with People in a new interview published on February 10.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026