talkative
/ˈtɔː.kə.tɪv/US/ˈtɔ.kə.ɾɪv/
talkative adjective: tending to talk a lot.
Adjective
talkative (comparative more talkative, superlative most talkative)
talkative meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
talkative in Hindi
- talkative, loquacious
- बातूनी bātūnī, मुखर mukhar
talkative in Tamil
- வாயாடி, அதிகம் பேசுபவர்
talkative in Marathi
- tending to talk or speak freely or often
- वाचाळ vācāḷ
talkative in Urdu
- talkative, loquacious
- باتونی bātūnī
- talkative
- مکھر mukhar
More languagesFewer languages
- talkative in Bengali
- মুখর mukhor, ফাজিল phajil, বাচাল bacal
- talkative in Malayalam
- വാചാലം vācālaṁ
- talkative in Kannada
- ನುಡಿಗಾರ, ಮಾತಾಳಿ, ಮಾತುಗಾರ, ಉಲಿಗ
- talkative in Tagalog
- madaldal
- talkative in Arabic
- ثَرْثَار ṯarṯār
- talkative in Malay
- banyak cakap
- talkative in Indonesian
- banyak omong, belu-belai, suka bicara, blak-blakan
- talkative in Persian
- وراج verrâj, پرحرف por-harf
- talkative in Vietnamese
- lắm mồm
Examples of talkative in a sentence
- He's a talkative drunk; three beers in and he's chattering away about everything.
- No sooner had he arrived than the others grew talkative.
- Patry, 62, who is possibly the most optimistic and talkative native Mainer in history.
Synonyms of talkative
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Antonyms
Forms of talkative
| comparative | more talkative |
|---|---|
| superlative | most talkative |
Origin of talkative
From Middle English talkatyve, equivalent to talk + -ative.
Words formed from talkative
Questions about talkative
- What does talkative mean?
- Talkative means tending to talk a lot.
- What is talkative in Hindi?
- Talkative in Hindi is बातूनी (bātūnī), मुखर (mukhar). See Talkative meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is talkative?
- Talkative is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce talkative?
- Talkative is pronounced /ˈtɔː.kə.tɪv/ (UK).
Words near talkative in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: talkative (page history and authors); बातूनी (Hindi) (page history and authors); talkative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); باتونی (Urdu) (page history and authors); ফাজিল (Bengali) (page history and authors); talkative (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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