Synonyms for garrulous
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Loquacious — excessively or tiresomely talkative
loquacious, talkative, voluble, chatty, talky, verbose, gabby informal, prolix, effusive, long-winded, wordy, chattering, blabbermouthed, tonguey
Definitions
- adj. 1
Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
- adj. 2
Excessively wordy and rambling.
Related words
- Word family
- garrulously garrulousness garrulity
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Garrulous signifies given to constant trivial talking. 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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- talkative They said that he was a talkative, noisy Oriental.
- chatty Sami was very chatty, often oversharing information.
- loquacious Her loquacious new beau was there, talking everyone's heads off.
- voluble Despite his voluble nature, Tom rarely reveals anything personal.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| garrulous | steady | |
| talkative | rising | |
| chatty | rising | |
| loquacious | rising | |
| voluble | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- gabby2, wordy2, talky2
- 6 letters
- chatty2, prolix
- 7 letters
- diffuse2, verbose, voluble3, tonguey
- 8 letters
- rambling2, effusive3
- 9 letters
- talkative3, bombastic3
- 10 letters
- chattering3, loquacious3
- 14 letters
- blabbermouthed
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gabby2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- braillard
- Español
- vocinglero