as in communicative
fond of talking or conversation
a talkative outgoing tour guide showed our school group around the city
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Recent Examples of talkative
Other characters include a talkative nurse, a wise parrot named Leonard, and a grumpy cat named Bitchy.
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Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
During the 114th Congress, he was ranked by C-SPAN, which tracks the number of days lawmakers spoke during its live broadcasts of congressional proceedings, as one of the least talkative lawmakers on the House floor.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 12 July 2025
Since October, Jackson spoke 50% more words on the bench than Sotomayor who was the next talkative, according to statistics compiled by Adam Feldman and Jake S. Truscott for the Empirical SCOTUS blog.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 July 2025
Cunningham has a bubbly, infectious and talkative personality that pairs perfectly with her chic style.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
During the 114th Congress, he was ranked by C-SPAN, which tracks the number of days lawmakers spoke during its live broadcasts of congressional proceedings, as one of the least talkative lawmakers on the House floor.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 12 July 2025
Since October, Jackson spoke 50% more words on the bench than Sotomayor who was the next talkative, according to statistics compiled by Adam Feldman and Jake S. Truscott for the Empirical SCOTUS blog.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 July 2025
Cunningham has a bubbly, infectious and talkative personality that pairs perfectly with her chic style.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talkative
Adjective
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Nini makes no such communicative or deft movements.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Human's closest living relatives, Chimpanzees, primarily learn their communicative patterns from their mothers and maternal relatives, according to a new study.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Tesla continues to frame Optimus as central to its long-term strategy, and the latest iteration now pairs the hardware with Grok’s voice mode to enable conversational control.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Their conversational stroll together through the grounds of England’s Windsor Castle is memorable.—
Laura Manske,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Prince Harry and his father, King Charles III, have reunited amid the royal family's estrangement from the outspoken prince.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lucy Liu has been quite outspoken in recent years, calling out the unjust treatment of women and the paucity of roles for non-white actors in Hollywood, and advocating for the rights of children through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), among other relevant topics.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But on the Vevo Studios stage, the boy band sensation get the chance to deliver a fully immersive vocal performance.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Puerto Rico native has been vocal about ICE over the past few months, sharing footage of an ICE arrest on social media in June that appeared to show agents detaining people in the street.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The loquacious Ray Montemayor, who Ziggy helped convert from a street hockey goalie to a state champion ice hockey keeper, had a much better anecdote.—
M.L. Elrick,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Rasul Douglas isn’t the most loquacious person.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Did Rylie walk out the door, or were chatty Cathys Mickey and Morgan finally split up?—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
21 Aug. 2025
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His loved ones said the 3-year-old chatty child was hardly ever quiet.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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They’re perfectly matched — Julian is the quiet, observant one while Fleur is chatty, outgoing and ambitious.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Video appeared to show demonstrators ransacking the outgoing prime minister’s private residence on Tuesday, Reuters reported.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Just imagine what would have happened to that mouthy, fearless girl coming of age in an Argentina dominated by the brutal military juntas of the late seventies and eighties.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Lipman and Cowen confirmed that no one else was even considered for the role of mouthy matriarch Debbie Novotny.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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“Talkative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkative. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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