conversational

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/ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/

adjective

Easy in conversation, chatty.

“The patient is awake and conversational.”

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveconversational (comparative more conversational, superlative most conversational)

comparative more conversational · superlative most conversational

  1. Easy in conversation, chatty.
    1 more example

    ...and her object being to procure Helen's smiles for the marquis, and the marquis's suffrage for Helen, the gay and the handsome were much less in request than the highly respectable, the agreeable, and the conversational; and, with her usual far-seeing cares, she carried her object completely, save in the case of the marquis, who did not reascend the stairs.

    1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 160
  2. Of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty.

    This light conversational opening struck Miss Frensham as rather an unpropitious way of grappling with the problem of the theft, but she had just professed her general willingness.

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  3. computingInvolving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server.
  4. Capable of engaging in conversation.

    The patient is awake and conversational.

    3 more examples

    My aim is to become conversational in German.

    2009, Journal of American Indian Education, Volumes 48-49, Center for Indian Education, page 35, This is the only way, she believes, students will become conversational enough in Navajo to pass on the language (NLА fieldnotes, July 2005).

    The colorful responses from BlenderBot show the limitations of building automated conversational tools, which are typically trained on large amounts of public online data.

    2022 August 11, Catherine Thorbecke, “It didn’t take long for Meta’s new chatbot to say something offensive”, in CNN Business

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecharacteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishconversation
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishconversational

From conversation + -al.

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Translations

Bulgarian разгово́рен
  • разгово́рен (razgovóren)of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
Chinese Mandarin 會話式的 /会话式的, 交互式的
  • 會話式的 /会话式的of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
  • 交互式的(computing) involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server
Finnish keskustelu-, puhe-
  • keskustelu-of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
  • puhe-of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
  • keskustelu-(computing) involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server
French conversationnel
  • conversationnelof, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
Hungarian beszélgetési, társalgási
  • beszélgetésiof, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
  • társalgásiof, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
Irish comhráiteach
  • comhráiteachof, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
Italian conversazionale
  • conversazionaleof, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
Polish konwersacyjny
  • konwersacyjnyof, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
Romanian conversațional, conversațional
  • conversaționalof, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
  • conversațional(computing) involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server
Russian разгово́рный
  • разгово́рный (razgovórnyj)of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
Spanish conversacional
  • conversacionalof, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
Ukrainian розмо́вний
  • розмо́вний (rozmóvnyj)of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty

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APA

conversational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conversational

MLA

“conversational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conversational. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conversational,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conversational.

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