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
The way the car flows down twisty roads is simply serene due to its talkative and responsive electrohydraulic steering, wonderful chassis communication, minimal body roll, and excellent grip.
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Peter Nelson, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
Other characters include a talkative nurse, a wise parrot named Leonard, and a grumpy cat named Bitchy.
—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
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Peter Nelson, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
Other characters include a talkative nurse, a wise parrot named Leonard, and a grumpy cat named Bitchy.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talkative
Adjective
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Whitney Decker told the detective her ex-husband had always been communicative about their children and previously returned them when he was supposed to.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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Communicate And Collaborate On AI Usage Rules Be collaborative and communicative.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Following openers Chanel Beads and The Japanese House, the New Zealand singer delivered a liberated 90-minute set fueled by her breathy, conversational vocals and raw, unpredictable movements.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, Smith landed a teaching position at an eikaiwa, a private language school focused on conversational English, in the Chiba Prefecture of Japan and moved in March of this year.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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European captain Luke Donald took a subtle swipe at Team USA during the Ryder Cup opening ceremony, although at least two of the more outspoken Americans had already committed to doing good with the cash.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Khanna, who has been outspoken in support of Palestinians, received in 2024 an award from the Arab American Civil Rights League in Dearborn, delivering a speech that called for an end to the war in Gaza.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ulukaya has been a vocal supporter of hiring refugees and pledged to give away the majority of his fortune to help refugees, according to The New York Times.—
Emily Barnes,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Standouts in the cat-boutique vocal cast include Donovan Patton as the acerbic CatRat, Julien Donenfield as Cakey the cupcake, and Maggie Lowe as the innocent Baby Box, who’s got a head like a small house.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 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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Without holistic profiling, teams miss how upstream bottlenecks, inefficient data serialization or chatty APIs cascade into latency and resource waste.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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One of my chattiest team members wants to catch up.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The launch comes after the outgoing chief of MI6, Sir Richard Moore, used a rare public speech in Prague in July 2023 to appeal to Russian citizens to spy for the UK.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Rose, the outgoing UK regional lead of Paramount, said rivalry between British broadcasters was fundamental to the health of the industry.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
18 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 27 Sep. 2025.
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