conversational

[ kon-ver-sey-shuh-nl ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation:

   a conversational tone of voice.

2. able or ready to converse; given to conversation.

conversational

/ ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəl /

adjective

1. of, using, or in the manner of conversation
2. inclined to or skilled in conversation; conversable

Derived Forms

• ˌconverˈsationally, adverb

Other Words From

• conver·sation·al·ly adverb
• noncon·ver·sation·al adjective
• noncon·ver·sation·al·ly adverb
• precon·ver·sation·al adjective
• uncon·ver·sation·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conversational¹

First recorded in 1770–80; conversation + -al ¹

Synonym Study

See colloquial.

Example Sentences

Built on conversational AI, the tool can continuously optimize the content on your website for better engagement and experience.

From Search Engine Watch

When social media has become problematic… newsletters feel intimate and direct and can explain complex topics in a conversational way.

From Digiday

The computer software giant patented “conversational” chatbots based on a specific person, dead or alive.

From Washington Post

As marketers and small businesses invest in conversational marketing, the adoption of instant chat and messenger services as communication channels will increase.

From Search Engine Watch

It must be pretty obvious by now that a remedy for a 404 lies in offering users a human touch that softens their impact, and this can be further augmented with the use of conversational language.

From Search Engine Watch

Though conversational and often witty, his meandering phrases become increasingly unpredictable as they develop.

From The Daily Beast

With her mother's help, Nashwa became conversational in English.

From The Daily Beast

The heart of hitRECord is about making media in a conversational, positive way.

From The Daily Beast

Hay was the foppish “smiling emissary” whose conversational skills could make petitioners forget they came to see the president.

From The Daily Beast

Did you look at the talk news landscape and view it as too bombastic, and decide to take a more measured, conversational approach?

From The Daily Beast

But men we had known and trails we had followed furnished us plenty of grist for the conversational mill.

From Project Gutenberg

Her ardor stimulated their zeal, and her well-stored mind and fascinating conversational eloquence guided their councils.

From Project Gutenberg

But so great was her conversational power, that the kind doctor forgot the purpose for which he came.

From Project Gutenberg

Her talents, her accomplishments, her fascinating conversational eloquence, had spread her renown widely through Europe.

From Project Gutenberg

To acquire the power of thus imparting the highest pleasure by conversational powers, attention must be paid to literature.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• casual
• chatty
• colloquial
• informal
• intimate