communication style
How one speaks
Communication style is the characteristic way a person expresses themselves—their typical patterns of word choice, directness, tone, and nonverbal signals.
Someone with a blunt communication style says things plainly; someone with a diplomatic style softens messages.
The term appears often in workplace and relationship contexts: Their communication styles clashed from the start.
She adapted her communication style for different audiences.
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- eye contactDirect visual connection
- body languageUnspoken physical expression
- kinesicsStudy of gesture meaning
- articulationClear vocal expression
clarity · diction · empathy · personal space · haptics · silence · rhetoric · posture · facial expressions · poker face · listening skills · open-ended questions · persuasion · active listening · formality · directness · straight shooter · gestures
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- personalitypersonality, trait, temperament, traits, character
- personal preferencesmusic taste, food preferences, fashion sense, color preference, color choices
- DISC profilesdominance, influence, steadiness, conscientiousness, self-assessment
- behavioral cuesbody language, facial expression, eye contact, posture, gestures
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
communication styletactful
Socially sensitive and careful
straightforward · circumlocutory · explicit · implicit · evasive
communication stylecolloquial
Casual, everyday language
conversational · stiff · relaxed · formal · formal communication
communication styleexpressive
Showing feelings outwardly
reserved · verbose · terse · effusive · restrained