| Main Entry: | voluble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
Synonyms: |
articulate, bigmouthed, chattering, chatty, fluent, full of hot air, gabby, garrulous, long-winded, loquacious, mouthy, multiloquent, prolix, rambling, running on, slick*, smooth*, talky, verbal, windy, wordy |
| Main Entry: | communicative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | informative |
Synonyms: |
candid, chatty, communicable, conversable, conversational, demonstrative, effusive, enlightening, expansive, forthcoming, frank, garrulous, gushing, loquacious, open, outgoing, talkative, unreserved, voluble |
Antonyms: |
close-mouthed, reserved, reticent, unfriendly, uninformative, unsociable |
| Main Entry: | eloquent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a skillful way with words |
Synonyms: |
affecting, ardent, articulate, expressive, facund, fervent, fervid, fluent, forceful, glib, grandiloquent, graphic, impassioned, impressive, indicative, magniloquent, meaningful, moving, outspoken, passionate, persuasive, poignant, potent, powerful, revealing, rhetorical, sententious, significant, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken, stirring, suggestive, telling, touching, vivid, vocal, voluble, well-expressed |
Antonyms: |
dull, inarticulate |
| Main Entry: | facile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy; easily mastered |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, adept, adroit, apparent, articulate, breeze, child's play, cursory, deft, dexterous, easy as pie, effortless, fast talk, flip*, fluent, glib, hasty, light, obvious, picnic, practiced, proficient, pushover, quick, ready, shallow, simple, skillful, slick*, smooth, superficial, uncomplicated, untroublesome, voluble |
Antonyms: |
arduous, complicated, confusing, difficult, hard, involved, laborious, profound |
| Main Entry: | fluent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | articulate |
Synonyms: |
chatty, cogent, copious, cursive, declamatory, disputatious, easy, effortless, effusive, eloquent, facile, flowing, garrulous, glib, liquid, loquacious, mellifluent, mellifluous, natural, persuasive, prompt, quick, ready, running, silver-tongued, smooth, smooth-spoken, talkative, verbose, vocal, voluble, well-versed, wordy |
Antonyms: |
effortful, hesitant, inarticulate, unfluent, unprepared |
| Main Entry: | gabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
Synonyms: |
chattering, chatty, effusive, garrulous, glib, gossiping, gushing, jabbering, long-winded, loose-lipped, loquacious, mouthy, prattling, prolix, talky, verbose, voluble, windy, wordy |
Antonyms: |
close-mouthed, quiet, secretive |
| Main Entry: | garrulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
Synonyms: |
babbling, blabbermouth, chattering, chatty, effusive, flap jaw, gabby, glib, gossiping, gushing, long-winded, loose-lipped, loose-tongued, loquacious, motormouth, mouthy, prating, prattling, prolix, prosy, running on at the mouth, verbose, voluble, wind-bag, windy, wordy, yakkity, yakky |
Antonyms: |
mum, quiet, reserved, silent, still, untalkative |
| Main Entry: | glib |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slick, smooth-talking |
Synonyms: |
artful, articulate, easy, eloquent, facile, fast-talking, flip, fluent, garrulous, hot-air, insincere, loquacious, plausible, quick, ready, silver-tongued, slippery*, smooth operator, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, suave, talkative, urbane, vocal, vocative, voluble |
Antonyms: |
inarticulate, quiet, stuttering, tongue-tied, uncommunicative |
| Main Entry: | long-winded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy |
Synonyms: |
bombastic, chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, palaverous, prolix, rambling, talkative, verbose, voluble |
| Main Entry: | loquacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
Synonyms: |
babbling, chattering, chatty, fluent, gabby, garrulous, gossipy, jabbering, long-winded, loose-lipped, motormouth, multiloquent, prolix, verbose, voluble, wordy, yacking |
| Notes: | loquacious means very talkative or full of trivial conversation; articulate means expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language |
Antonyms: |
quiet, restrained, silent, subdued |