Meanings
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.
But Shulgin, while a nimble conversationalist, can have trouble with names — of people and places, never chemicals.
2005 January 30, Drake Bennett, “Dr. Ecstasy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishconversation
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishconversational
- Englishconversationalist
From conversational + -ist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish keskustelija
- keskustelijaone who participates in a conversation
German Gesprächspartner, Plauderer
- Gesprächspartnerone who participates in a conversation
- Plaudererone who participates in a conversation
Irish comhráiteach
- comhráiteachone skilled in general conversation
Italian conversatore, conversatrice
- conversatoreone who participates in a conversation
- conversatriceone who participates in a conversation
Portuguese conversador, conversadora
- conversadorone who participates in a conversation
- conversadoraone who participates in a conversation
Spanish conversador, conversadora
- conversadorone who participates in a conversation
- conversadoraone who participates in a conversation
Cite this entry
conversationalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conversationalist
“conversationalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conversationalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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