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
Sophia wasn’t particularly talkative that evening.
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Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Lopez describes her daughter as an energetic, talkative child who speaks both English and Spanish.
—Leondra Head, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Then, like now, people were very talkative.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Your talkative 3rd house is blessed as Chiron, linked to insecurities, begins rolling ahead.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
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Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Lopez describes her daughter as an energetic, talkative child who speaks both English and Spanish.
—Leondra Head, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Then, like now, people were very talkative.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Your talkative 3rd house is blessed as Chiron, linked to insecurities, begins rolling ahead.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talkative
Adjective
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From the get-go, Vespaio was incredibly kind and communicative when planning our rehearsal dinner.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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The steering, though somewhat isolated due to the car’s grand-touring disposition, feels communicative enough to enable and encourage rather spirited cornering.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The story is told in rhyming verse, its loose, conversational meter able to tighten suddenly for emphasis.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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Large language models are evolving from answer engines into conversational partners that shape decisions by asking their own questions.—
Frédéric Dalsace,
Harvard Business Review,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Arratia in particular worships at the altar of De la Iglesia whose highly political, outspoken but structured political melodramas, made from the ‘60s to the ‘80s, underscored how Spain’s establishment exploited it young proles, pushed into crime for a lack of real economic alternatives.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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Always entertaining and joking with those around him, the outspoken American has taken on a showman personality at the Games.—
Tales Azzoni,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But critics of bell-to-bell bans are just as vocal.—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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Country singers impressed, as did the unique vocal stylings of dementia-care aide Brooks Rosser, who is all but certain to be among the last standing in the competition.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Keery’s loquacious doormat of a storage employee falls for his coworker (Campbell) who is not only super smart but resourceful.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026
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Prolific and intellectually restless, Greenberg was in many ways the loquacious American version of the late Tom Stoppard, and in turn a significant influence on such Chicago writers as Tracy Letts.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Nazar brings some swagger to the room, Oliver Moore is an ebullient and chatty guy, and Wyatt Kaiser and Spencer Knight have become thoughtful, respected voices in the room.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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With Venus in your chatty 3rd house sextiling quirky Uranus in your inventive 5th house, there’s no doubt of that.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The man known for playing with his heart on his sleeve joins a defensive-minded head coach in a city known for its legendarily outgoing defensive stars.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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From videos showing concert footage of Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson to a live band playing renditions of songs by the Beastie Boys and Marvin Gaye, Friday’s meeting served as a send-off for both the arena and Visit Fort Worth’s outgoing CEO Bob Jameson.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The somber nature of the day bleeds into the playable shift, where the usually mouthy heroes abstain from hurling insults and shooting the breeze.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
13 Nov. 2025
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Maia’s flaky friends Alani (True Whitaker) and Charlie (Jordan Firstman) are, respectively, a nepo baby with a titular vice presidency at her famous father’s production company and a mouthy stylist genuflecting at the feet of small-time pop singers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Talkative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkative. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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