garrulous | Definition of garrulous

Synonyms and Antonyms of garrulous

1 fond of talking or conversation

a garrulous boy who was in constant trouble for talking out of turn

Synonyms of garrulous

blabby, chatty, conversational, gabby, loquacious, motormouthed, mouthy, talkative, talky

Words Related to garrulous

communicative, expansive

demonstrative, effusive, gushing

free-spoken, outspoken, unreserved, vocal

articulate, fluent, glib, voluble, well-spoken

gossipy, talebearing, tale-telling

long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy

extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable

Near Antonyms of garrulous

mum, mute, silent, speechless, tongue-tied, wordless

evasive, nonvocal, secretive, self-contained

aloof, indrawn, inhibited, introverted, retiring, unsociable, withdrawn

Antonyms of garrulous

closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative

2 using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea

now that he's in his anecdotage, Grandpa likes to tell garrulous, shaggy-dog accounts of his youthful misadventures

Synonyms of garrulous

circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, logorrheic, long-winded, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy

Words Related to garrulous

chatty, communicative, conversational, gabby, loquacious, talkative, talky, voluble

redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous

embellished, embroidered, exaggerated

bombastic, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin)

Near Antonyms of garrulous

aphoristic, epigrammatic, sententious

compendious, summary

abbreviated, abridged, condensed, shortened

abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), curt, laconic, snippy

Antonyms of garrulous

compact, concise, crisp, pithy, succinct, terse