Talkative

//ˈtɔkədɪv//

Synonyms for "talkative" (142 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Adjective(3 words)
chatteringchatterychatty

Strong matches (42)

Adjective(3 words)
expansivegabbygarrulous

Related words (71)

Adjective(2 words)
loquacioustalky

Related word relations

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More specific

3 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

9 entries

Related terms

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derived

2 entries

derived from

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related to

8 entries

similar

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Translations

141 translations across 56 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • λάλος adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Arabic

3 entries
  • ثَرْثَار adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • حكوجي adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • حكوجية adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Armenian

2 entries
  • լեզվանի adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • խոսուն adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • limbar adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • limbutsescu adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • söhbətcil adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • гаваркі́ adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • гаварлі́вы adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • размо́ўны adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бъбрив adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • приказлив adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • разгово́рлив adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • словоохо́тлив adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • زمان پاراو adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 嘴不穩 /嘴不稳 adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • 嘴敞 adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • 貧嘴 /贫嘴 adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Czech

2 entries
  • povídavý adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • upovídaný adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Danish

2 entries
  • snaksaglig adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • snaksom adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Dutch

3 entries
  • babbelziek adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • praatgraag adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • spraakzaam adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • parolema adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Finnish

4 entries
  • avosuinen adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • hölösuinen adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • löyhäsuinen adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • puhelias adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

French

2 entries
  • bavard adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • loquace adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Galician

3 entries
  • faladeiro adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • falador adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • paroleiro adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

German

3 entries
  • geschwätzig adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • gesprächig adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • redselig adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Greek

1 entries
  • ομιλητικός adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • דברן adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • פטפטן adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • פטפטני adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • beszédes adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • bőbeszédű adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • fecsegő adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • málglaður adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • skrafhreifinn adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Ido

1 entries
  • babilema adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • banyak omong adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Irish

1 entries
  • béalráiteach adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Italian

3 entries
  • chiacchierino adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • garrulo adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • loquace adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Japanese

2 entries
  • おしゃべりな adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • おしゃべり好きな adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Javanese

1 entries
  • cangkeman adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • malabit adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Korean

1 entries
  • 수다스럽다 adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Latin

3 entries
  • garrulus adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • loquax adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • multiloquus adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Latvian

4 entries
  • mutīgs adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • pļāpīgs adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • runīgs adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • valodīgs adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • gespréicheg adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • разговорлив adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • വാചാലം adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Māori

4 entries
  • hautete adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • kōtetetete adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • matakuikui adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • whakapūkahu adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • pratsom adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • snakkesalig adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • pratsam adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • snakkesalig adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • دیلی اوزون adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Persian

2 entries
  • وراج adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • پرحرف adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Polish

3 entries
  • gadatliwy adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • otwarty adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • rozmowny adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • conversador adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • falador adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • falante adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • tagarela adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Romanian

4 entries
  • flecar adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • guraliv adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • gureș adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • limbut adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Russian

4 entries
  • бесе́дливый adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • болтли́вый adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • болтли́вый adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • гаваркі adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bȑbljav adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • govòrljiv adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • prìčljiv adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • бр̏бљав adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Slovak

3 entries
  • ukecaný adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • utáraný adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • zhovorčivý adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Slovene

2 entries
  • klepetav adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • zgovoren adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Spanish

2 entries
  • conversador adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • hablador adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Swedish

4 entries
  • frispråkig adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)
  • pratglad adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • pratsam adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • öppenhjärtig adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • madaldal adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Tatar

2 entries
  • сүзчән adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • такылдык adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)

Turkish

4 entries
  • boşboğaz adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • dili uzun adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • geveze adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • konuşkan adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • балакли́вий adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • балаку́чий adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • говірки́й adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • говірли́вий adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • sergap adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lắm mồm adj (speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences)

Volapük

1 entries
  • spikotälik adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Welsh

2 entries
  • chwedleugar adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)
  • siaradus adj (tending to talk or speak freely or often)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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My roommate is too talkative.

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Pat is very talkative.

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George is quite talkative.

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A talkative person is always letting the cat out of the bag and jeopardizing the interests of others.

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