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
This story was not supposed to begin in Zagreb, but then a talkative five-year-old named Oliver showed up at my lunch table.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
His mom describes him as talkative.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
Donovan is talkative, bubbly and outgoing, while Juan is more of a listener.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Your 4th House of Foundations gets talkative as intellectual Mercury enters, making chats about your space easier to plan and finish.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
His mom describes him as talkative.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
Donovan is talkative, bubbly and outgoing, while Juan is more of a listener.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Your 4th House of Foundations gets talkative as intellectual Mercury enters, making chats about your space easier to plan and finish.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talkative
Adjective
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According to the researchers, the findings suggest that infants become sensitive to the communicative and intentional nature of human gaze during the first year of life.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Being multiliterate also implies that the contemporary hypertext and hypermedia user is endowed with a capacity of discernment regarding which semiotic modes can be most efficiently employed to carry a specific communicative load.—
Carmen Daniela Maier,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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In addition, Hoplamazian noted that Hyatt has rolled out a conversational search interface that allows travelers to describe trips in natural language, and that AI is helping surface operational insights from a combination of internal hotel data and external customer feedback.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Calendar can create events from conversational prompts, and the Home app can summarize camera activity and make footage easier to search.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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The Catholic Church has long been outspoken against war.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Brittany Elkin, a Gaston County native and parent to two GCS students, has become an outspoken advocate for more school funding in recent months.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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The screams, contortions and vocal shifts were made without CGI or artificial intelligence, and that detail is its own form of campaign currency in an era when audiences and voters alike are increasingly skeptical of digital enhancement.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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Turner’s character, Declan O’Hara, is a righteous Irish journalist, also loquacious, also hot, but disgusted by ostentatious displays of wealth.—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The six-part series documented the program’s rise under Urban Meyer, while capturing the dedication and personalities of players, including the loquacious Spikes.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Onlookers were festive and chatty amid thunderstorms that threatened to delay the work.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Quiet reflection shapes choices as moody Moon is in your 12th House of Solitude, sextiling chatty Mercury in your 2nd House of Resources.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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Because no candidate won more than 50% of the vote, Pritchard and Vega will appear on the ballot again in November to determine who succeeds outgoing Supervisor Mary Vixie Sandy.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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At a time when Maryland was being flooded with revenue due to inflation and bracket creep, increasing revenues from a progressive income tax enacted by the outgoing Mandel administration, Hughes proposed no major spending programs.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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Tony Award-winning actress Kara Young co-stars as Racine, the mouthy, rough-and-tough twin.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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With a loss ending the season, urgency became the default setting, activating anger necessary to stand nose-to-nose with the mouthy Wolves.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Talkative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkative. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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