taciturn

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

talking a lot
talkativeShe's very happy, talkative, and outgoing.
loquaciousOnce a loquacious politician, he now makes rarely grants interviews and reads speeches from texts.
chattyThe advisor was friendly and chatty.
garrulousHer normally garrulous mother had little to say on the subject.
volubleEvelyn was very voluble on the rights of women.
long-windedHe can be a long-winded bore.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Talkative and eloquent
articulate
articulately
articulateness
chattily
eloquence
eloquently
expansive
expressive
fluent
garrulous
garrulousness
gift
gossipy
loquaciously
loquacity
lucid
silver-tongued
voluble
volubly
well turned

talkative | American Dictionary

talkative
adjective
us/ˈtɔ·kə·t̬ɪv/
talking a lot:
Cynthia is lively and talkative.

Examples of talkative

talkative
The 10 high reactive outliers, compared with the 55 remaining high reactives, were either very quiet or very talkative at 41/2 years.
She was very talkative but without pressured speech.
All these nations have been characterized by previous research as "silent" and less talkative than other nations.
But what is most intriguing is that the third category - silent in private and talkative in public - is virtually empty in both countries.
As some individuals were more talkative than others, the results were analyzed in terms of mean proportions of responses.
She was extremely irritable, hyperactive, would not sleep, was boisterous, unusually talkative, emotionally labile, provocative, paranoid, and unpredictable.
The day after beginning paroxetine treatment (day 19 after admission), he became talkative and laughed frequently in conversation with his family.
As expected, the 10-year-old children who had been high reactive were less talkative and smiled less often than the low reactives.
In her interview she was naturally lively and talkative, talking quickly, and using her hands expressively.
Why and when do some language impaired children seem talkative?
Children from 'singing group' described themselves as confident, happy and talkative.
It is also possible that maternal responsiveness predicted children's language in this study because responsive parents are simply more talkative in general.
By all indications, however, he was a generally a very talkative child.
He was recorded at home when he seemed more talkative, and when his father was at home.
She was talkative and engageable, and made good eye contact.
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