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Thesaurus article:talking a lot

talking a lot

These are words to describe a person who talks a lot.

The most commonly used word istalkative.

She's very happy, talkative, and outgoing.

In formal contexts, you could use the wordloquacious.

Once a loquacious politician, he now makes rarely grants interviews and reads speeches from texts.

In informal contexts, you could use the wordchattyto describe someone who talks a lot in a friendly, informal way.

The advisor was friendly and chatty.

You can use the wordgarrulousto describe someone who has the habit of talking a lot, especially about things that are not important. This word is mainly used in writing.

Her normally garrulous mother had little to say on the subject.

Someone who isvolubletalks a lot in an enthusiastic or confident way. This is a formal word.

Evelyn was very voluble on the rights of women.

If someone carries on talking for too long or uses too many words, you can describe them aslong-winded, or in formal and disapproving language,verbose. In very formal and disapproving language, you can useprolixfor someone or something that uses too many words and is boring or difficult to read or listen to. These words are more commonly used to describe explanations, speeches, etc. that contain a lot of words.

He can be a long-winded bore.
I don't need a long-winded explanation about how you did it.
In his verbose manner, he relates the disasters that are always happening to him.
The menu is excessively verbose.
The normally prolix Mr Brown decided to keep it brief.
The writing is somewhat prolix.

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to talk about something
a talk
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