interlocutors, collocutor

[ostap77]

Would there be other synonyms to these words? Would the noun "co-talker" do?

 

[5jj]

Would there be other synonyms to these words? Would the noun "co-talker" do?

No. I doubt if many people would understand the first two, either.

 

[ostap77]

Which word is used to mean the same thing?

 

[5jj]

We'd normally say something like 'the person I was talking to'.

 

[ostap77]

Would such words as "co-speaker'' or "co-talker" exist in English?

 

[5jj]

Would such words as "co-speaker'' or "co-talker" exist in English?

I suppose that if you were giving a lecture, you might refer to other speakers as your co-speakers.

We would not use either word for people we were holding a conversation with.

 

[Tdol]

The only times I have seen these words used is in exam descriptions.

 

[5jj]

The only times I have seen these words used is in exam descriptions.

I had not heard the word before I became an UCLES examiner.

 

[Tdol]

Guess my source. ;-)