talkative

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UK/ˈtɔː.kə.tɪv/US/ˈtɔ.kə.ɾɪv/US, cot caught merger/ˈtɑ-/

adjective

Tending to talk a lot.

“a talkative girl”

Similar
chattygabbyloquaciousoutgoingtalksomeoutspokenlong-windedgarrulous
Opposite
dourmonosyllabicsullenwithdrawnlaconic
OriginMiddle English talkatyve →
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Meanings

adjectivetalkative (comparative more talkative, superlative most talkative)

comparative more talkative · superlative most talkative

  1. Tending to talk a lot.

    a talkative girl

    2 more examples

    a talkative TV show

    Tarzan nodded his head. He was a man of few words, and possibly it was for this reason as much as any that Kadour ben Saden had taken to him, for if there be one thing that an Arab despises it is a talkative man.

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 68

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

  2. Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTending to talk a lot.

Similar
chattygabbyloquaciousoutgoingtalksomeoutspokenlong-windedgarrulouslogorrheicverbosedrivellousindiscreet
Similar
chatteringchatteryeffusivegobbymotormouthnattersomenatteryprolixtalkyvolublewordyyakkyyappy
Opposite
dourmonosyllabicsullenwithdrawnlaconictaciturnterseuncommunicativemutequietsilentcurtreservedreticent
Narrower
bigmouthedblabbermouthedloose-lipped

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefull of trivial conversation

Similar
chattygabbygarrulousloquacioustalkyvoluble

adjectiveunwisely talking too much

Similar
bigmouthedblabbermouthedblabbyindiscreet

adjectivefriendly and open and willing to talk

Similar
expansivecommunicativecommunicatory
Also see
bigmouthedblabbermouthedblabbychattyexpansivegabbygarrulouslogorrheicloquaciousmotormouthedtalkytongueyvolubleyakky

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishtalkatyve
  2. Englishtalkative

From Middle English talkatyve, equivalent to talk + -ative.

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Translations

Ancient Greek λάλος
  • λάλος (lálos)tending to talk or speak freely or often
Arabic ثَرْثَار
  • ثَرْثَار (ṯarṯār)tending to talk or speak freely or often
Bulgarian приказлив, словоохо́тлив
  • приказлив (prikazliv)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • словоохо́тлив (slovoohótliv)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • разгово́рлив (razgovórliv)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • бъбрив (băbriv)speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Chinese Mandarin 貧嘴 /贫嘴, 嘴不穩 /嘴不稳
  • 貧嘴 /贫嘴 (pínzuǐ)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • 嘴不穩 /嘴不稳 (zuǐ bù wěn)speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • 嘴敞 (zuǐchǎng)speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Czech upovídaný, povídavý
  • upovídanýtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • povídavýtending to talk or speak freely or often
Danish snaksom, snaksaglig
  • snaksomtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • snaksagligtending to talk or speak freely or often
Dutch spraakzaam, praatgraag
  • spraakzaamtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • praatgraagtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • babbelziektending to talk or speak freely or often
Esperanto parolema
  • parolematending to talk or speak freely or often
Finnish puhelias, suulas
  • puheliastending to talk or speak freely or often
  • suulastending to talk or speak freely or often
  • suupalttitending to talk or speak freely or often
  • avosuinenspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • löyhäsuinenspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • hölösuinenspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
French bavard, loquace
  • bavardtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • loquacetending to talk or speak freely or often
German gesprächig, redselig
  • gesprächigtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • redseligtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • geschwätzigspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Greek ομιλητικός
  • ομιλητικός (omilitikós)tending to talk or speak freely or often
Hebrew דברן, פטפטן
  • דברן (dabrán)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • פטפטן (patpetán)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • פטפטני (patpetaní)tending to talk or speak freely or often
Hungarian beszédes, bőbeszédű
  • beszédestending to talk or speak freely or often
  • bőbeszédűtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • fecsegőspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Icelandic málglaður, skrafhreifinn
  • málglaðurtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • skrafhreifinntending to talk or speak freely or often
Indonesian banyak omong, belu-belai
  • banyak omongtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • belu-belaitending to talk or speak freely or often
  • suka bicaratending to talk or speak freely or often
  • blak-blakanspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Irish béalráiteach
  • béalráiteachtending to talk or speak freely or often
Italian loquace, chiacchierino
  • loquacetending to talk or speak freely or often
  • chiacchierinotending to talk or speak freely or often
  • garrulotending to talk or speak freely or often
Japanese おしゃべり好きな, おしゃべりな
  • おしゃべり好きな (oshaberi-zuki-na)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • おしゃべりな (oshaberi-na)speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Korean 수다스럽다
  • 수다스럽다 (sudaseureopda)tending to talk or speak freely or often
Latin loquax, garrulus
  • loquaxtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • garrulustending to talk or speak freely or often
  • multiloquustending to talk or speak freely or often
Latvian runīgs, valodīgs
  • runīgstending to talk or speak freely or often
  • valodīgstending to talk or speak freely or often
  • mutīgstending to talk or speak freely or often
  • pļāpīgstending to talk or speak freely or often
Malay banyak cakap
  • banyak cakaptending to talk or speak freely or often
Māori kōtetetete, matakuikui
  • kōtetetetetending to talk or speak freely or often
  • matakuikuitending to talk or speak freely or often
  • hautetetending to talk or speak freely or often
  • whakapūkahutending to talk or speak freely or often
Norwegian Bokmål pratsom, snakkesalig
  • pratsomtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • snakkesaligtending to talk or speak freely or often
Persian وراج, پرحرف
  • وراج (verrâj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • پرحرف (por-harf)tending to talk or speak freely or often
Polish gadatliwy, rozmowny
  • gadatliwytending to talk or speak freely or often
  • rozmownytending to talk or speak freely or often
  • otwartyspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Portuguese falador, falante
  • faladortending to talk or speak freely or often
  • falantetending to talk or speak freely or often
  • conversadortending to talk or speak freely or often
  • tagarelatending to talk or speak freely or often
  • tagarelaspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Romanian vorbăreț, flecar
  • vorbărețtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • flecartending to talk or speak freely or often
  • limbuttending to talk or speak freely or often
  • guralivtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • gureștending to talk or speak freely or often
Russian разгово́рчивый, словоохо́тливый
  • разгово́рчивый (razgovórčivyj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • словоохо́тливый (slovooxótlivyj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • болтли́вый (boltlívyj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • бесе́дливый (besédlivyj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • говорли́вый (govorlívyj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • гаваркі (gavarki)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • болтли́вый (boltlívyj)speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Slovak ukecaný, utáraný
  • ukecanýtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • utáranýtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • zhovorčivýtending to talk or speak freely or often
Spanish hablador, conversador
  • habladortending to talk or speak freely or often
  • conversadortending to talk or speak freely or often
Swedish pratglad, pratsam
  • pratgladtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • pratsamtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • frispråkigspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • öppenhjärtigspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Tagalog madaldal
  • madaldaltending to talk or speak freely or often
Turkish konuşkan, şapır
  • konuşkantending to talk or speak freely or often
  • şapırtending to talk or speak freely or often
  • gevezetending to talk or speak freely or often
  • çenebaztending to talk or speak freely or often
  • lafazantending to talk or speak freely or often
  • boşboğaztending to talk or speak freely or often
  • dili uzuntending to talk or speak freely or often
  • patavatsızspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Ukrainian балаку́чий, говірки́й
  • балаку́чий (balakúčyj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • говірки́й (hovirkýj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • балакли́вий (balaklývyj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • говірли́вий (hovirlývyj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • розмо́вний (rozmóvnyj)tending to talk or speak freely or often
Vietnamese lắm mồm
  • lắm mồmspeaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
Welsh siaradus, chwedleugar
  • siaradustending to talk or speak freely or often
  • chwedleugartending to talk or speak freely or often
Cite this entry
APA

talkative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talkative

MLA

“talkative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talkative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “talkative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talkative.

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