Synonyms for talkative
ˈtɔ kə tɪvtalk·a·tive

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1. talkativeadjective

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

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   monosyllabic, silent, laconic, dour, quiet, sullen, mute, withdrawn, terse, uncommunicative, taciturn

2. talkativeadjective

   Tending to talk a lot.

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

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   taciturn, quiet, silent, uncommunicative, terse, monosyllabic, withdrawn, mute, dour, laconic, sullen

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   taciturn, sullen, terse, laconic, quiet, mute, dour, silent, uncommunicative, withdrawn, monosyllabic

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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.

   Synonyms:
   chattering, garrulous, loquacious, verbose

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

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

   full of trivial conversation

   "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

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

   Antonyms:
   uncommunicative, incommunicative, taciturn, discreet

2. bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabby, talkativeadjective

   unwisely talking too much

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

   Antonyms:
   incommunicative, discreet, uncommunicative, taciturn

3. expansive, talkativeadjective

   friendly and open and willing to talk

   "wine made the guest expansive"

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

   Antonyms:
   discreet, taciturn, uncommunicative, incommunicative

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1. talkativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   loquacious, garrulous, chatty, conversable, COZY

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1. talkativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   garrulous, loquacious, communicative, voluble, unreserved

   Antonyms:
   reserved, reticent, uncommunicative, silent, still

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1. List of paraphrases for "talkative":

   chatty

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How to use talkative in a sentence?

1. Kahlil Gibran:

   I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

2. Kahlil Gibran:

   I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

3. Alin Gragossian:

   Sometimes you get the funny looks, but I'm totally open about everything, i'll say to them,' Do you have a problem with this ? Do you want to know why I'm doing this ? Because I'll explain it. I'm very talkative. I'll tell you all about my transplant.

4. 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.

5. Dejan Stojanovic:

   We don’t know anything about silent sages, buried knowledge, the eye of the mute poet, serene seers, yet how many talkative destroyers, prophets and ideologues, teachers and beautifiers there are on the other side.