communicative

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UK/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/US/kəˈmjuː.nə.keɪ.t̬ɪv/US/kəˈmjuː.nə.kə.t̬ɪv/

adjective

Eager to communicate; talkative.

Less commonScrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivecommunicative (comparative more communicative, superlative most communicative)

comparative more communicative · superlative most communicative

  1. Eager to communicate; talkative.

    But inside the aquarium, riotously colored saltwater fish, schools of silvery piranhas, and even one seemingly communicative manta ray allow visitors to dream of worlds beyond a war that has made the land where the oceanic sanctuary sits a battle zone.

    2025 December 22, Howard LaFranchi, “Near Ukraine’s front line, aquarium offers refuge for kids and soldiers alike”, in The Christian Science Monitor
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    One of his attendants had found no little favour in the eyes of Alice, who expressed her suspicions that her mistress had some secret correspondence, for two reasons; first, to satisfy a naturally communicative temper—all common people are communicative: and secondly, in hopes of gaining such assistance as might ultimately gratify her own curiosity, now most uncomfortably excited.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 328

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchcommunicatif
  2. Englishcommunicative

From Middle French communicatif.

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Translations

Bulgarian общи́телен
  • общи́телен (obštítelen)eager to communicate
Catalan comunicatiu
  • comunicatiueager to communicate
Czech komunikativní
  • komunikativníeager to communicate
Esperanto komunikema
  • komunikemaeager to communicate
German kommunikativ
  • kommunikativeager to communicate
Hungarian közlékeny, beszédes
  • közlékenyeager to communicate
  • beszédeseager to communicate
Indonesian komunikatif
  • komunikatifeager to communicate
Polish komunikatywny
  • komunikatywnyeager to communicate
Russian общи́тельный, коммуникати́вный
  • общи́тельный (obščítelʹnyj)eager to communicate
  • коммуникати́вный (kommunikatívnyj)eager to communicate
Spanish comunicativo
  • comunicativoeager to communicate
Cite this entry
APA

communicative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/communicative

MLA

“communicative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/communicative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “communicative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/communicative.

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