conversationalist
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɑːnvɚˈseɪʃənəlɪst/
Noun
conversationalist (plural conversationalists)
- A person who participates in a conversation.
- If you can just ask questions about a person and nod sagely then they will leave thinking you are a brilliant conversationalist.
- A person skilled in general conversation.
- 2005 January 30, Drake Bennett, “Dr. Ecstasy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- But Shulgin, while a nimble conversationalist, can have trouble with names — of people and places, never chemicals.
Hyponyms
Translations
one who participates in a conversation
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one skilled in general conversation
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References
- “conversationalist”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “conversationalist”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
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