as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly
your brother is quite a talker—he wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise
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Recent Examples of talker
Teuvo Teräväinen isn’t exactly a big talker.
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The biggest talker of the bunch—and that's saying a lot, because there are so many great offerings—is going to be Apple TV's Imperfect Women.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2026
The dragon is a talker, with his own take on modern society and George’s personal failings.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
The syndication marketplace will also have a couple of vacancies with talkers The Kelly Clarkson Show and Sherri set to end after this season.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
Kikuo remains soft-spoken, while Shunsuke is more of a partier and big talker, dominating their interviews with local journalists.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The top example of a talker that came out of the test runs is Debmar-Mercury’s The Wendy Williams Show, which ran on the Fox stations for 13 seasons.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
Here are the talkers Approximately 50 minutes northwest of Milwaukee is a village called Kewaskum.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026
The fancy high-tech Pirates of the Caribbean, still a talker, premiered along with Shanghai Disneyland.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The biggest talker of the bunch—and that's saying a lot, because there are so many great offerings—is going to be Apple TV's Imperfect Women.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2026
The dragon is a talker, with his own take on modern society and George’s personal failings.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
The syndication marketplace will also have a couple of vacancies with talkers The Kelly Clarkson Show and Sherri set to end after this season.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
Kikuo remains soft-spoken, while Shunsuke is more of a partier and big talker, dominating their interviews with local journalists.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The top example of a talker that came out of the test runs is Debmar-Mercury’s The Wendy Williams Show, which ran on the Fox stations for 13 seasons.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
Here are the talkers Approximately 50 minutes northwest of Milwaukee is a village called Kewaskum.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026
The fancy high-tech Pirates of the Caribbean, still a talker, premiered along with Shanghai Disneyland.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talker
Noun
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So now here’s Martha just seeing single magpies all over the place.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Mornings start at Plume, which takes its inspiration from Taiwan’s national bird, the blue magpie (taking pride of place on a floor-to-ceiling mural by French artist Elsa Jeandedieu).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Silverblatt was different from one of the other all-time great book conversationalists, Chicago’s Studs Terkel.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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And be a good conversationalist by being curious about others’ lives.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
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“Talker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talker. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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