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long-winded
Speaking or writing at great, often tiresome length
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  1. Speaking or writing at great, often tiresome length
  2. Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose.
  3. Capable of considerable exertion without getting out of breath
voluble
Turning easily on an axis; rotating.
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  1. Turning easily on an axis; rotating.
  2. Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent.
  3. Characterized by a great flow of words; talking much and easily; talkative, glib, etc.
loquacious
Very talkative; garrulous.
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  1. Very talkative; garrulous.
  2. Very talkative; fond of talking
wordy
Using an excessive number of words.
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  1. Using an excessive number of words.
  2. Tending to use, using, or expressed in more words than are necessary to convey meaning.
  3. Of words; verbal
verbose
Using or containing too many words; wordy; long-winded; prolix
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  1. Using or containing too many words; wordy; long-winded; prolix
  2. Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy.
garrulous
Wordy and rambling:
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  1. Wordy and rambling:
  2. Talking much or too much, esp. about unimportant things; loquacious
  3. Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative.
verbal
Of or relating to proficiency in the use and understanding of words:
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  1. Of or relating to proficiency in the use and understanding of words:
  2. Of, relating to, or associated with words:
  3. Expressed in spoken rather than written words; oral:
glib
Performed with a natural, offhand ease:
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  1. Performed with a natural, offhand ease:
  2. Speaking or spoken in a smooth, fluent, easy manner, often in a way that is too smooth and easy to be convincing
  3. Given to or characterized by fluency of speech or writing that often suggests insincerity, superficiality, or a lack of concern:
chatty
Light and informal
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  1. Light and informal
  2. (Informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
  3. Full of or in the style of light informal talk:
effusive
(Archaic) Pouring out or forth; overflowing
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  1. (Archaic) Pouring out or forth; overflowing
  2. Profuse; overflowing:
  3. Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy:
talky
(Of a person) Talkative or loquacious
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  1. (Of a person) Talkative or loquacious
  2. (Of a book etc) Containing a great deal of dialogue or talking in general
  3. Containing or given to too much talk:
windy
Like wind; stormy, blustery, violent, etc.
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  1. Like wind; stormy, blustery, violent, etc.
  2. Without substance; empty, flimsy, etc.
  3. Lacking substance; empty:
full-of-hot-air
(Idiomatic) Talking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.
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  1. (Idiomatic) Talking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.
yappy
Very talkative; talking foolishly or at length.
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  1. Very talkative; talking foolishly or at length.
  2. Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.
gassy
Like gas
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  1. Like gas
  2. Full of, containing, or producing gas; esp., flatulent
  3. (Informal) Full of talk, esp. boastful talk
big-mouthed
Alternative spelling of bigmouthed.
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  1. Alternative spelling of bigmouthed.
chatty
Light and informal
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  1. Light and informal
  2. (Informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
  3. Full of or in the style of light informal talk:
conversational
(Computing) involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server
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  1. (Computing) involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server
  2. Of, like, or for conversation
  3. Of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty
garrulous
Talking much or too much, esp. about unimportant things; loquacious
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  1. Talking much or too much, esp. about unimportant things; loquacious
  2. Wordy and rambling:
  3. Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative.
loquacious
Very talkative; garrulous.
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  1. Very talkative; garrulous.
  2. Very talkative; fond of talking
talky
(Of a person) Talkative or loquacious
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  1. (Of a person) Talkative or loquacious
  2. Containing too much talk, or dialogue
  3. (Of a book etc) Containing a great deal of dialogue or talking in general
voluble
Turning easily on an axis; rotating.
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  1. Turning easily on an axis; rotating.
  2. Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent.
  3. Characterized by a great flow of words; talking much and easily; talkative, glib, etc.
gabby
(Informal) Inclined to chatter; talkative
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  1. (Informal) Inclined to chatter; talkative
  2. Tending to talk excessively; garrulous.
  3. Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia.

Synonym Study

  • Voluble suggests a continuous flow of glib talk a voluble buzz of conversation
  • Garrulous implies a wearisome loquacity about trivial matters a garrulous old man told us his life story
  • Loquacious usually implies a disposition to talk incessantly or to keep up a constant flow of chatter a loquacious mood
  • Talkative , implying a fondness for talking frequently or at length, is perhaps the least derogatory of these words no one in the class is very talkative
Find another word for talkative. In this page you can discover 34 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for talkative, like: long-winded, voluble, loquacious, wordy, verbose, garrulous, verbal, chattering, glib, chatty and effusive.

Sentence Examples

  • He was evidently vexed and impatient for the talkative doctor to go.

  • He calls me a chatterer, although he himself is more talkative than a magpie."

  • Again, in the story of the humpback, whose scene is laid in the 9th century, the talkative barber says, "this is the year 653" (= A.D.

  • Once aboard my flight I spent the next several hours squeezed between a talkative sailor and a woman with a fussy child.

  • Learned professors and talkative journalists insisted on delivering interminable speeches and on examining in the light of ultimate philosophical principles every proposal laid before the assembly.

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