Synonyms for chatty
- adjective
Most common
talkative loquacious garrulous voluble gossipy communicative
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Talkative
talkative, loquacious, garrulous, voluble, gabby informal, talky, verbose, prolix, blabby, motormouthed informal, long-winded, wordy
2. Gossipy
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
- adj. 2
Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.
Related words
- Word family
- chattily chattiness
- Other spellings
- chattee chatti chattie
Example sentences
- talkative They said that he was a talkative, noisy Oriental.
- loquacious Her loquacious new beau was there, talking everyone's heads off.
- garrulous My flatmate is too garrulous.
- voluble Despite his voluble nature, Tom rarely reveals anything personal.
- cozy The cabin Gustavo constructed was cozy and rustic.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| chatty | rising | |
| talkative | rising | |
| loquacious | rising | |
| garrulous | steady | |
| voluble | steady | |
| cozy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- cozy2, cosy2
- 5 letters
- gabby2, wordy2, talky2, newsy2, cosey2
- 6 letters
- prolix, blabby
- 7 letters
- verbose, gossipy3, voluble3
- 9 letters
- talkative3, garrulous3
- 10 letters
- loquacious3
- 12 letters
- motormouthed
- 13 letters
- communicative5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cozy2 = 2 syllables).