loquacious
Never stops talking
Loquacious is an adjective that means talkative or too much talk: He gave a loquacious after-dinner speech.
Loquacious is a somewhat formal word, but is used to express too much talk when a speaker wants to avoid sounding critical: She was one of the most loquacious interviewees with whom we spoke.
Using more language than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- discursiveTending to wander topically
circumlocutory · periphrastic · diffuse · digressive · meandering · windy · pleonastic · redundant
Inclined to speak much
- conversationalRelating to informal dialogue
- gabbyInclined to chatter
- gossipyInclined to spread rumors
- chitchatInformal light conversation
banter · prattle · babble · natter · jabber · blather · yak · ramble
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- well-spokenSpeaking with refinement
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
persuasive · glib · smooth-talking · communicative · voluble · effusive · forthcoming · unreserved
Sociable and unreserved
- gregariousFond of companionship
- affableWarm and approachable
- extrovertedEnergized by social interaction
- friendlyShowing kindness, warmth
personable · convivial · companionable · genial · approachable · warm · animated · vivacious
wordy
Using more language than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
discursive · circumlocutory · periphrastic · diffuse · digressive · meandering · windy · pleonastic · redundant · overwrought
talkative
Inclined to speak much
- conversationalRelating to informal dialogue
- gabbyInclined to chatter
- gossipyInclined to spread rumors
chitchat · banter · prattle · babble · natter · jabber · blather · yak · ramble · schmooze
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- well-spokenSpeaking with refinement
expressive · persuasive · glib · smooth-talking · communicative · voluble · effusive · forthcoming · unreserved · vocal
outgoing
Sociable and unreserved
- gregariousFond of companionship
- affableWarm and approachable
- extrovertedEnergized by social interaction
friendly · personable · convivial · companionable · genial · approachable · warm · animated · vivacious · engaging
- talkativechatty, verbose, wordy, mouthy, gossipy
- classical vocabularyverbose, erudite, rhetoric, discourse, oration
- fancy wordsmagniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tintinnabulation, tergiversation
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, garrulity, long-windedness
- tedioustedious, tiresome, wearisome, boring, monotonous
loquaciousreticent
Disinclined to speak freely
reserved · uncommunicative · tight-lipped · closemouthed · withdrawn