What does Talkative mean?

Definitions for Talkative
ˈtɔ kə tɪvtalk·a·tive

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Talkative.

Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  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.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  1. Talkativeadjective

    given to much talking

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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. 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.

  2. Kahlil Gibron:

    I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; Yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

  3. Angie LaPorte:

    He was kind of a mild-mannered guy, always pleasant but never super talkative.

  4. North Korea:

    The North Korea Foreign Ministry and South Korean authorities remain outwardly talkative about dialogue. But when they sit back, they sharpen a sword to do us harm, if this is what they call' creative approach.

  5. 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.

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