Meanings
comparative more communicative · superlative most communicative
- 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 Monitor1 more example
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
adjectiveable or tending to communicate
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchcommunicatif
- Englishcommunicative
From Middle French communicatif.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →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
communicative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/communicative
“communicative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/communicative. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “communicative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/communicative.
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