Opposite word of talkative

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. talkativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   monosyllabic, silent, laconic, dour, quiet, sullen, mute, withdrawn, terse, uncommunicative, taciturn

   Synonyms:
   outgoing, garrulous, indiscreet, talksome, verbose, loquacious, outspoken, gabby, logorrheic, long-winded, chatty

2. talkativeadjective

   Tending to talk a lot.

   Antonyms:
   taciturn, quiet, silent, uncommunicative, terse, monosyllabic, withdrawn, mute, dour, laconic, sullen

   Synonyms:
   gabby, outgoing, indiscreet, verbose, chatty, talksome, long-winded, outspoken, loquacious, logorrheic, garrulous

3. talkativeadjective

   Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

   Synonyms:
   outgoing, chatty, garrulous, verbose, gabby, long-winded, indiscreet, loquacious, logorrheic, outspoken, talksome

   Antonyms:
   taciturn, sullen, terse, laconic, quiet, mute, dour, silent, uncommunicative, withdrawn, monosyllabic

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. talkative

   Garrulous signifies given to constant trivial talking. Chattering signifies uttering rapid, noisy, and unintelligible, or scarcely intelligible, sounds, whether articulate words or such as resemble them; chattering is often used of vocal sounds that may be intelligible by themselves but are ill understood owing to confusion of many voices or other cause. The talkative person has a strong disposition to talk, with or without an abundance of words, or many ideas; the loquacious person has an abundant flow of language and much to say on any subject suggested; either may be lively and for a time entertaining; the garrulous person is tedious, repetitious, petty, and self-absorbed. Verbose is applied to utterances more formal than conversation, as to writings or public addresses. We speak of a chattering monkey or a chattering idiot, a talkative child, a talkative or loquacious woman, a garrulous old man, a verbose writer. Compare CIRCUMLOCUTION.

   Antonyms:
   laconic, reserved, reticent, silent, speechless, taciturn

   Synonyms:
   chattering, garrulous, loquacious, verbose

Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

   full of trivial conversation

   «kept from her housework by gabby neighbors»

   Antonyms:
   uncommunicative, incommunicative, taciturn, discreet

   Synonyms:
   newsy, gossipy, gabby, expansive, garrulous, blabbermouthed, bigmouthed, chatty, loquacious, blabby, talky

2. bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabby, talkativeadjective

   unwisely talking too much

   Antonyms:
   incommunicative, discreet, uncommunicative, taciturn

   Synonyms:
   loquacious, gabby, tattling(a), expansive, garrulous, bigmouthed, talebearing(a), blabby, chatty, talky, blabbermouthed, leaky

3. expansive, talkativeadjective

   friendly and open and willing to talk

   «wine made the guest expansive»

   Antonyms:
   discreet, taciturn, uncommunicative, incommunicative

   Synonyms:
   loquacious, gabby, expansive, heroic, bigmouthed, chatty, blabby, blabbermouthed, talky, grand, garrulous

How to use talkative in a sentence?

1. Saskya Pandita:

   Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

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. Kahlil Gibran:

   I learnt silence from the talkative

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. 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.

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