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Synonyms for tonguey

  • adjective

Most common

talkative garrulous loquacious voluble flowery bombastic

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Talkative — tending to talk a lot; fluent or voluble in speech (generally with an unfavourable connotation)

talkative, garrulous, loquacious, voluble

2. Flowery — using many words; containing grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance (generally with an…

flowery, bombastic, verbose

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Tending to talk a lot; fluent or voluble in speech (generally with an unfavourable connotation).

  2. adj. 2

    Using many words; containing grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance (generally with an unfavourable connotation).

Related words

Word family
tonguely
Other spellings
tonguy

Example sentences

  • talkative They said that he was a talkative, noisy Oriental.
  • garrulous My flatmate is too garrulous.
  • loquacious Her loquacious new beau was there, talking everyone's heads off.
  • voluble Despite his voluble nature, Tom rarely reveals anything personal.
  • flowery The socks the girl wore were flowery.
  • bombastic I don't usually like bombastic music.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
tongueysteady
talkativerising
garruloussteady
loquaciousrising
volublesteady
floweryrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
flowery3, verbose, voluble3
9 letters
talkative3, bombastic3, garrulous3
10 letters
loquacious3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (flowery3 = 3 syllables).