Meanings
comparative more loquacious · superlative most loquacious
- Talkative; chatty.
"[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]"
1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 901 more example
On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious, or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.
1841, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 8, in The DeerslayerSynonyms: chattering, chattery, chatty, effusive, gabby, garrulous, gobby, logorrheic · Antonyms: laconic, quiet, reserved, taciturn
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTalkative; chatty.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinloquor
- Englishloquacious
From Latin loquāx, loquācis (“talkative”) + -ous or from loquacity + -ous, ultimately from Latin loquor + -acious.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λάλος, πολύλογος
- λάλος (lálos)talkative, chatty
- πολύλογος (polúlogos)talkative, chatty
- τανύγλωσσος (tanúglōssos)talkative, chatty
Bulgarian бъбрив
- бъбрив (băbriv)talkative, chatty
Catalan loquaç
- loquaçtalkative, chatty
Chinese Mandarin 貧嘴 /贫嘴, 多嘴
- 貧嘴 /贫嘴 (pínzuǐ)talkative, chatty
- 多嘴 (duōzuǐ)talkative, chatty
Czech povídavý
- povídavýtalkative, chatty
Dutch praatziek, praatgraag
- praatziektalkative, chatty
- praatgraagtalkative, chatty
Finnish puhelias, suulas
- puheliastalkative, chatty
- suulastalkative, chatty
French loquace
- loquacetalkative, chatty
German gesprächig, redselig
- gesprächigtalkative, chatty
- redseligtalkative, chatty
- geschwätzigtalkative, chatty
- schwatzhafttalkative, chatty
- mitteilsamtalkative, chatty
Greek ομιλητικός
- ομιλητικός (omilitikós)talkative, chatty
Irish teangach, béalach
- teangachtalkative, chatty
- béalachtalkative, chatty
- cabachtalkative, chatty
Italian loquace
- loquacetalkative, chatty
Japanese 多弁な
- 多弁な (taben na)talkative, chatty
Latin loquāx, garrulus
- loquāxtalkative, chatty
- garrulustalkative, chatty
Māori tātākī, pukukōrero
- tātākītalkative, chatty
- pukukōrerotalkative, chatty
- kōtetetetetalkative, chatty
Norwegian plaprende
- plaprendetalkative, chatty
Polish gadatliwy, wielomówny
- gadatliwytalkative, chatty
- wielomównytalkative, chatty
Portuguese loquaz
- loquaztalkative, chatty
Romanian vorbăreț, limbut
- vorbărețtalkative, chatty
- limbuttalkative, chatty
- flecartalkative, chatty
- gureștalkative, chatty
- guralivtalkative, chatty
Russian словоохо́тливый, разгово́рчивый
- словоохо́тливый (slovooxótlivyj)talkative, chatty
- разгово́рчивый (razgovórčivyj)talkative, chatty
- говорли́вый (govorlívyj)talkative, chatty
- болтли́вый (boltlívyj)talkative, chatty
Scottish Gaelic beulach, bruithneach
- beulachtalkative, chatty
- bruithneachtalkative, chatty
- labhairteachtalkative, chatty
- gobach. cabachtalkative, chatty
Spanish locuaz
- locuaztalkative, chatty
Swedish pratsam
- pratsamtalkative, chatty
Turkish konuşgan, geveze
- konuşgantalkative, chatty
- gevezetalkative, chatty
Ukrainian балакучий, говіркий
- балакучий (balakučyj)talkative, chatty
- говіркий (hovirkyj)talkative, chatty
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with loquacious
Anagrams
Cite this entry
loquacious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loquacious
“loquacious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loquacious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loquacious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loquacious.
Source: loquacious on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.