as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly
she's a compulsive conversationalist, so I try to avoid her at the end of the work day
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Recent Examples of conversationalist
Companies need to stop acting like over-eager recruiters and start behaving like thoughtful conversationalists.
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Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Good conversationalists know how to keep a conversation alive.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Taking their place are hosts and personalities — skilled conversationalists and entertainers who get their facts elsewhere.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
Then, Hersh’s father Jon Polin took the podium, sketching out a portrait of his son as a wise, inquisitive, kind and gentle soul who was a top-tier conversationalist and an engine of justice in the family and beyond.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2024
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Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Good conversationalists know how to keep a conversation alive.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Taking their place are hosts and personalities — skilled conversationalists and entertainers who get their facts elsewhere.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
Then, Hersh’s father Jon Polin took the podium, sketching out a portrait of his son as a wise, inquisitive, kind and gentle soul who was a top-tier conversationalist and an engine of justice in the family and beyond.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Conversationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversationalist. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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