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talkative

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɔː.kə.tɪv/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈtɔ.kə.ɾɪv/
  • General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ˈtɑ-/
  • CMU ARPABET: T AO1 K AH0 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Tending to talk a lot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a talkative girl
  • a talkative TV show

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

friendly and open and willing to talk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • wine made the guest expansive

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expansive

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

unwisely talking too much

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabby

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

full of trivial conversation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • kept from her housework by gabby neighbors

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talky

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English talkatyve, equivalent to talk + -ative.

Across languages

Translations

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ثَرْثَار (ṯarṯār) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Arabic: حكوجي (ħakwaji) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Arabic: حكوجية (ħakwajiyye) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Armenian: խոսուն (xosun) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Armenian: լեզվանի (lezvani) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Aromanian: limbutsescu — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Aromanian: limbar — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Azerbaijani: söhbətcil — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Belarusian: гаварлі́вы (havarlívy) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Belarusian: гаваркі́ (havarkí) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Belarusian: размо́ўны (razmówny) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Bulgarian: приказлив (prikazliv) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Bulgarian: словоохо́тлив (slovoohótliv) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Bulgarian: разгово́рлив (razgovórliv) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貧嘴 /贫嘴 (pínzuǐ) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Czech: upovídaný — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Czech: povídavý — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Danish: snaksom — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Danish: snaksaglig — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Dutch: spraakzaam — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Dutch: praatgraag — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Dutch: babbelziek — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Esperanto: parolema — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Finnish: puhelias — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Finnish: suulas — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Finnish: suupaltti — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • French: bavard — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • French: loquace — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Galician: falador — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Galician: paroleiro — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Galician: faladeiro — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • German: gesprächig — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • German: redselig — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Greek: ομιλητικός (omilitikós) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Ancient Greek: λάλος (lálos) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Hebrew: דברן (dabrán) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Hebrew: פטפטן (patpetán) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Hebrew: פטפטני (patpetaní) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Hungarian: beszédes — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Hungarian: bőbeszédű — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Icelandic: málglaður — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Icelandic: skrafhreifinn — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Ido: babilema — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Indonesian: banyak omong — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Indonesian: belu-belai — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Indonesian: suka bicara — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Irish: béalráiteach — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Italian: loquace — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Italian: chiacchierino — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Italian: garrulo — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Japanese: おしゃべり好きな (oshaberi-zuki-na) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Javanese: cangkeman — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Kapampangan: malabit — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Korean: 수다스럽다 (sudaseureopda) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Central Kurdish: زمان پاراو (zman paraw) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Latin: loquax — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Latin: garrulus — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Latin: multiloquus — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Latvian: runīgs — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Latvian: valodīgs — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Latvian: mutīgs — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Latvian: pļāpīgs — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Luxembourgish: gespréicheg — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Macedonian: разговорлив (razgovorliv) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Malay: banyak cakap — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Malayalam: വാചാലം (vācālaṁ) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Marathi: वाचाळ (vācāḷ) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Māori: kōtetetete — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Māori: matakuikui — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Māori: hautete — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Māori: whakapūkahu — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pratsom — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snakkesalig — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pratsam — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snakkesalig — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Persian: وراج (verrâj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Persian: پرحرف (por-harf) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Polish: gadatliwy — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Polish: rozmowny — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Portuguese: falador — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Portuguese: falante — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Portuguese: conversador — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Portuguese: tagarela — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Romanian: vorbăreț — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Romanian: flecar — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Romanian: limbut — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Romanian: guraliv — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Romanian: gureș — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Russian: разгово́рчивый (razgovórčivyj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Russian: словоохо́тливый (slovooxótlivyj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Russian: болтли́вый (boltlívyj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Russian: бесе́дливый (besédlivyj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Russian: говорли́вый (govorlívyj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Russian: гаваркі (gavarki) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Serbo-Croatian: бр̏бљав — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Serbo-Croatian: прѝчљив — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Serbo-Croatian: гово̀рљив — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȑbljav — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Serbo-Croatian: prìčljiv — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Serbo-Croatian: govòrljiv — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Slovak: ukecaný — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Slovak: utáraný — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Slovak: zhovorčivý — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Slovene: zgovoren — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Slovene: klepetav — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Spanish: hablador — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Spanish: conversador — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Swedish: pratglad — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Swedish: pratsam — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Tagalog: madaldal — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Tatar: сүзчән (süzçän) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Turkish: konuşkan — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Turkish: şapır — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Turkish: geveze — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Turkish: çenebaz — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Turkish: lafazan — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Turkish: boşboğaz — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Turkish: dili uzun — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیلی اوزون (dili uzun) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Ukrainian: балаку́чий (balakúčyj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Ukrainian: говірки́й (hovirkýj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Ukrainian: балакли́вий (balaklývyj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Ukrainian: говірли́вий (hovirlývyj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Ukrainian: розмо́вний (rozmóvnyj) — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Uzbek: sergap — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Volapük: spikotälik — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Welsh: siaradus — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Welsh: chwedleugar — tending to talk or speak freely or often
  • Bulgarian: бъбрив (bǎbriv) — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘴不穩 /嘴不稳 (zuǐ bù wěn) — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘴敞 (zuǐchǎng) — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Finnish: avosuinen — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Finnish: löyhäsuinen — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Finnish: hölösuinen — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • German: geschwätzig — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Hungarian: fecsegő — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Indonesian: blak-blakan — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Japanese: おしゃべりな (oshaberi-na) — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Polish: otwarty — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Portuguese: tagarela — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Russian: болтли́вый (boltlívyj) — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Swedish: frispråkig — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Swedish: öppenhjärtig — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Tatar: такылдык (taqıldıq) — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Turkish: patavatsız — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences
  • Vietnamese: lắm mồm — speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences