Antonyms for talkative
ˈtɔ kə tɪvtalk·a·tive

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1. talkativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   monosyllabic, silent, laconic, dour, quiet, sullen, mute, withdrawn, terse, uncommunicative, taciturn

   Synonyms:
   outgoing, garrulous, indiscreet, talksome, verbose, loquacious, outspoken, gabby, logorrheic, long-winded, chatty

2. talkativeadjective

   Tending to talk a lot.

   Antonyms:
   taciturn, quiet, silent, uncommunicative, terse, monosyllabic, withdrawn, mute, dour, laconic, sullen

   Synonyms:
   gabby, outgoing, indiscreet, verbose, chatty, talksome, long-winded, outspoken, loquacious, logorrheic, garrulous

3. talkativeadjective

   Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

   Synonyms:
   outgoing, chatty, garrulous, verbose, gabby, long-winded, indiscreet, loquacious, logorrheic, outspoken, talksome

   Antonyms:
   taciturn, sullen, terse, laconic, quiet, mute, dour, silent, uncommunicative, withdrawn, monosyllabic

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. talkative

   Garrulous signifies given to constant trivial talking. Chattering signifies uttering rapid, noisy, and unintelligible, or scarcely intelligible, sounds, whether articulate words or such as resemble them; chattering is often used of vocal sounds that may be intelligible by themselves but are ill understood owing to confusion of many voices or other cause. The talkative person has a strong disposition to talk, with or without an abundance of words, or many ideas; the loquacious person has an abundant flow of language and much to say on any subject suggested; either may be lively and for a time entertaining; the garrulous person is tedious, repetitious, petty, and self-absorbed. Verbose is applied to utterances more formal than conversation, as to writings or public addresses. We speak of a chattering monkey or a chattering idiot, a talkative child, a talkative or loquacious woman, a garrulous old man, a verbose writer. Compare CIRCUMLOCUTION.

   Antonyms:
   laconic, reserved, reticent, silent, speechless, taciturn

   Synonyms:
   chattering, garrulous, loquacious, verbose

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talkyadjective

   full of trivial conversation

   "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

   Antonyms:
   uncommunicative, incommunicative, taciturn, discreet

   Synonyms:
   newsy, gossipy, gabby, expansive, garrulous, blabbermouthed, bigmouthed, chatty, loquacious, blabby, talky

2. bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabby, talkativeadjective

   unwisely talking too much

   Antonyms:
   incommunicative, discreet, uncommunicative, taciturn

   Synonyms:
   loquacious, gabby, tattling(a), expansive, garrulous, bigmouthed, talebearing(a), blabby, chatty, talky, blabbermouthed, leaky

3. expansive, talkativeadjective

   friendly and open and willing to talk

   "wine made the guest expansive"

   Antonyms:
   discreet, taciturn, uncommunicative, incommunicative

   Synonyms:
   loquacious, gabby, expansive, heroic, bigmouthed, chatty, blabby, blabbermouthed, talky, grand, garrulous

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1. talkativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   reserved, reticent, uncommunicative, silent, still

   Synonyms:
   garrulous, loquacious, communicative, voluble, unreserved

How to use talkative in a sentence?

1. Kahlil Gibran:

   I learnt silence from the talkative

2. Angie LaPorte:

   He was kind of a mild-mannered guy, always pleasant but never super talkative.

3. Kahlil Gibron:

   I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; Yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

4. Saskya Pandita:

   Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

5. North Korea:

   The North Korea Foreign Ministry and South Korean authorities remain outwardly talkative about dialogue. But when they sit back, they sharpen a sword to do us harm, if this is what they call' creative approach.

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