Press
Press verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.
Usage example: a manager pressed by a business crisis to return from his vacation ahead of schedule
Talk
Talk verb - To give a formal often extended talk on a subject.
How words are described
| human | human press | human talk |
| good | good press | good talk |
| standard | standard press | standard talk |
| light | light press | light talk |
| Other adjectives: single, simple, small, little, quick, new, general, final, Arab. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In addition, Maris's lack of charm and reluctance to talk to the press exasperates sportswriters, who paint him in the papers as sullen and aloof, which the fans eat up.
Source: Film / Sixty One - He almost became famous, but during the press-conference switched to "Polly want a cracker" type talk instead to spite the scientist who tricked him.
Source: Polly Wants a Microphone - Thomas Sanders calls AT&T's help line and interrupts the operator with "To talk to a customer, please press 1." The operator actually hits the button.
Source: For Inconvenience, Press "1"
Cite this Source
Talk and Press. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/press/talk
Press & Talk. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/press/talk>.
Talk or Press. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/press/talk.
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