chatty

chatty

adjective

Definition of CHATTY

1

having the style and content of everyday conversation <a time when campers were expected to write a chatty letter to their folks every week>

Synonyms chattery, colloquial, conversational, dishy, gossipy, newsy

Related Words casual, familiar, informal, intimate, tell-all; digressive, discursive, rambling; communicative, expansive, garrulous, talkative

Near Antonyms ceremonious, dignified, elevated, formal, solemn, stately

Antonyms bookish, literary

2

fond of talking or conversation <a chatty older woman who talked to everyone that walked by>

Synonyms blabby, chatty, conversational, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, motormouthed, mouthy, talky

Related Words communicative, expansive; demonstrative, effusive, gushing; free-spoken, outspoken, unreserved, vocal; articulate, fluent, glib, voluble, well-spoken; gossipy, talebearing, tale-telling; long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy; extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable

Near Antonyms quiet, shy; mum, mute, silent, speechless, tongue-tied, wordless; evasive, nonvocal, secretive, self-contained; aloof, indrawn, inhibited, introverted, retiring, unsociable, withdrawn

Antonyms closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative