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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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.
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Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2024
And yet, for most of the last 65 years, AI’s successes have resembled neither Turing’s conversationalists nor Asimov’s humanoids.
—Zachary C. Lipton, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016
Gifted conversationalists are often perceived as being innately gracious and charismatic.
—John Bowe, Contributor, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
Is this fair play or foul? Babies not being great conversationalists at the best of times, Miss Manners would have thought 10 parents, hot babies and all, could have improvised a party on their own while young Jethro finished his nap.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2024
And yet, for most of the last 65 years, AI’s successes have resembled neither Turing’s conversationalists nor Asimov’s humanoids.
—Zachary C. Lipton, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016
Gifted conversationalists are often perceived as being innately gracious and charismatic.
—John Bowe, Contributor, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
Is this fair play or foul? Babies not being great conversationalists at the best of times, Miss Manners would have thought 10 parents, hot babies and all, could have improvised a party on their own while young Jethro finished his nap.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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“Conversationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversationalist. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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