conversationalist
noun
con·ver·sa·tion·al·ist
ˌkän-vər-ˈsā-shnə-list 
-shə-nᵊl-ist
: one who converses a great deal or who excels in conversation
a witty conversationalist
Examples of conversationalist in a Sentence
She's not much of a conversationalist.
she's a compulsive conversationalist, so I try to avoid her at the end of the work day
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Good conversationalists know how to keep a conversation alive.
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Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Companies need to stop acting like over-eager recruiters and start behaving like thoughtful conversationalists.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Good conversationalists know how to keep a conversation alive.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Taking their place are hosts and personalities — skilled conversationalists and entertainers who get their facts elsewhere.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Conversationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conversationalist. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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conversationalist
noun
con·ver·sa·tion·al·ist
ˌkän-vər-ˈsā-shnə-ləst
-shən-ᵊl-əst
: a person who is fond of or good at conversation
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