Definitions for talkative
ˈtɔ kə tɪvtalk·a·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talkyadjective

   full of trivial conversation

   "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

2. bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabby, talkativeadjective

   unwisely talking too much

3. expansive, talkativeadjective

   friendly and open and willing to talk

   "wine made the guest expansive"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. talkativeadjective

   Tending to talk a lot.

2. talkativeadjective

   Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

3. Etymology: From talcatife, equivalent to.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Talkativeadjective

   Full of prate; loquacious.

   Etymology: from talk.

   If I have held you overlong, lay hardly the fault upon my old age, which in its disposition is talkative. Philip Sidney.

   This may prove an instructive lesson to the disaffected, not to build any hopes on the talkative zealots of their party. Addison.

   I am ashamed I cannot make a quicker progress in the French, where every body is so courteous and talkative. Add.

   The coxcomb bird so talkative and grave,
   That from his cage cries cuckold, whore, and knave;
   Though many a passenger he rightly call,
   You hold him no philosopher at all. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. talkative

   Verbosity or verboseness is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary. The opposite of verbosity is plain language. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn against verbosity; similarly Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, among others, famously avoid it. Synonyms include wordiness, verbiage, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, logorrhea, sesquipedalianism, and overwriting.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. talkative

   Talkative refers to someone who enjoys engaging in conversations frequently or for extended periods, often characterized by tending to speak at length, engaging in lively discussions, or expressing thoughts and ideas verbally in a detailed manner. It often suggests a person who speaks more than usual or common.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Talkativeadjective

   given to much talking

How to pronounce talkative?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say talkative in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of talkative in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of talkative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of talkative in a Sentence

1. Kahlil Gibran:

   I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

2. Dejan Stojanovic:

   We don’t know anything about silent sages, buried knowledge, the eye of the mute poet, serene seers, yet how many talkative destroyers, prophets and ideologues, teachers and beautifiers there are on the other side.

3. Alin Gragossian:

   Sometimes you get the funny looks, but I'm totally open about everything, i'll say to them,' Do you have a problem with this ? Do you want to know why I'm doing this ? Because I'll explain it. I'm very talkative. I'll tell you all about my transplant.

4. Kyrie Irving:

   It felt like a must-win night, i'm not saying that the other nights didn't feel like that, but you just got to go into that deep place where you just aren't distracted by anything that's going on and there's a goal at hand when you step out there, and I just get less talkative and I have a look on my face where I'm just ready to go out there and just do what's needed for us to get this win.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=talkative
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Talkative
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=talkative
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkative
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talkative