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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
Recorded at Glendale’s UHF Studio, Davis worked closely with producer-bassist Dan Horne and guitarist John Lee Shannon, inaugurating a new songwriting partnership—one that trades the solitary melancholia of her earlier albums for something more open-ended and conversational.
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Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
Participatory Journalism Here, facilitated by technological advances and participatory culture, journalists are seen to move from a hierarchical model of information disseminators to a more horizontal model based on audience participation and conversational modes of communication.
—Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Melody serves as an interactive greeter, demonstrating how proprietary conversational AI can transform static customer service points into meaningful, human-like engagements.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
Earlier this month, the coffee giant launched a beta app in ChatGPT that offers beverage suggestions based on conversational prompts.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
An agent, like a Joule Agent, will then handle the end-to-end process, all the way from content personalization to visualization and then to conversational engagement.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2026
Wood says attention at WWDC will be on the new CEO’s AI strategy, and what the company will do next after turning earlier this year to Google — an early leader in the AI race — to help make the iPhone’s virtual assistant Siri more conversational and versatile.
—Kelvin Chan, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Wood says attention at WWDC will be on the new CEO's AI strategy, and what the company will do next after turning earlier this year to Google — an early leader in the AI race — to help make the iPhone’s virtual assistant Siri more conversational and versatile.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Everyone has different levels of enthusiasm and different conversational needs.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
Participatory Journalism Here, facilitated by technological advances and participatory culture, journalists are seen to move from a hierarchical model of information disseminators to a more horizontal model based on audience participation and conversational modes of communication.
—Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Melody serves as an interactive greeter, demonstrating how proprietary conversational AI can transform static customer service points into meaningful, human-like engagements.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
Earlier this month, the coffee giant launched a beta app in ChatGPT that offers beverage suggestions based on conversational prompts.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
An agent, like a Joule Agent, will then handle the end-to-end process, all the way from content personalization to visualization and then to conversational engagement.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2026
Wood says attention at WWDC will be on the new CEO’s AI strategy, and what the company will do next after turning earlier this year to Google — an early leader in the AI race — to help make the iPhone’s virtual assistant Siri more conversational and versatile.
—Kelvin Chan, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Wood says attention at WWDC will be on the new CEO's AI strategy, and what the company will do next after turning earlier this year to Google — an early leader in the AI race — to help make the iPhone’s virtual assistant Siri more conversational and versatile.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Everyone has different levels of enthusiasm and different conversational needs.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversational
Adjective
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Donovan is talkative, bubbly and outgoing, while Juan is more of a listener.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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The fourth graders were talkative, but focused.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Their language — marked by rich, tactile detail and a colloquial urgency — has quietly shaped how generations of songwriters articulate devotion.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Although tabloid journalism tends not to focus on issues with broad socioeconomic impact, when these issues are covered audiences may relate to them more easily because they are discussed in colloquial, accessible language.—
Shepherd Mpofu,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The sound of motorbikes and cars fade as birds take over with their harmonies all around Nai Lert’s Thai vernacular style all-teak vacation home, built in 1915.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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This pattern blends the storytelling rhythm of the Persian mas̄navī (narrative poem written in rhyming couplets) with vernacular Hindi verse forms.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This will set you both up for a healthier and more communicative relationship or will save you from spending time with someone whose values don’t align with yours.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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The emerging field calls for more refined methods to determine whether fungal electrical signaling plays a functional, communicative role.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In the early 1980s, Murphy and a few associates ran an informal back channel between the United States and the Soviet Union.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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For households where one member frequently travels or serves in demanding roles, the app offers a way to pass along knowledge that might otherwise remain informal.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Conversational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversational. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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