conversationalist
nounUK /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst/ · US /ˌkɑːnvɚˈseɪʃənəlɪst/
Etymology From conversational + -ist.
1
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.
2
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:
- Derived terms
- conversationalistic
- Hyponyms
- deipnosophist