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talkable

talkable adjective: capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).

Adjective

talkable (comparative more talkable, superlative most talkable)

  1. Capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).
    • They are talkable-about as everyday matters and in the same way. They provide a common sociable topical resource that is readily available...1996, Paddy Scannell, Radio, television, and modern life: a phenomenological approach
  2. Capable of offering engaging conversation.
    • There are no talkable people within ten miles, except a coast-guard officer, and a pleasant parson, three miles off.1861, George Wilson, Sir Archibald Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes
    • But he always came back in good spirits, talkable and charming.1902, Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower

Antonyms of talkable

Forms of talkable

comparativemore talkable
superlativemost talkable

Origin of talkable

From talk + -able.

Words that rhyme with talkable

Questions about talkable

What does talkable mean?
Talkable means capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).
What part of speech is talkable?
Talkable is an adjective.

Words near talkable in the dictionary

  1. talk-aloud protocols
  2. talk-page
  3. talk-pages
  4. talk-radio
  5. talkability
  6. talkable
  7. talkaholic
  8. talkaholics
  9. talkaholism
  10. talkalike
  11. talkathon

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