communicating

Sharing thoughts verbally

Communicating is the act of conveying or exchanging information, ideas, or feelings.

The word emphasizes ongoing process rather than single transmission: We've been communicating by email, The two departments aren't communicating well.

Things that connect or allow passage between spaces are also communicating: communicating doors open between adjacent rooms.

dialogue

conversation

Exchange of spoken ideas

discourse · chat · talks · banter · parley · colloquy · back-and-forth · tête-à-tête · forum · negotiation

expression

gesture

Communicative body movement

intonation · inflection · eloquence · enunciation · articulation · prosody · gesticulation · pantomime · eye contact · posture

media

telephone

Voice communication device

  • emailDigital written communication
  • textWritten or printed words
  • letterWritten symbol or message

radio · television · video call · social media · messaging · writing · speech · podcast · blog · newsletter

signal

beacon

Guiding light source

flag · flare · siren · horn · flash · ping · telegraph · gesture · cue · sign

connect

bonding

Forming close connections

reaching out · engaging · networking · linking · associating · understanding · empathizing · resonating · attuning · reciprocating

convey

transmit

To send onward

disseminate · inform · announce · proclaim · disclose · report · dispatch · deliver · notify · circulate

Categories
Opposites
information transmission

communicatingconcealing

Keeping something secret

withholding · suppressing · hiding · keeping quiet · censoring

social connection

communicatingisolating

Setting apart from contact

withdrawing · disconnecting · excommunicating · ignoring · shunning

physical connection (technical/spatial)

communicatingseparate

To set apart

sealed · blocked · isolated · disconnected · partitioned

Phrases
Family

communication, communications, communicative, communicatively, communicativeness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G