List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 391

SYNONYMS: talkative, loquacious, garrulous, voluble, verbose, glib.
These adjectives mean having or marked by an inclination to talk.

Talkative is the most neutral and often merely suggests sociability: Rather quiet at first, she grew very talkative over her second glass of sherry.
Loquacious stresses fluency or readiness of speech: Jack became loquacious on his favorite topic.
Garrulous implies excessive talkativeness and often suggests rambling, tiresome speech: Old men are garrulous by nature.
Voluble connotes a ready, sometimes unending flow of words: Her niece, an extremely voluble young woman, engages in soliloquies, not conversations.
Verbose implies a great, usually excessive number of words: He had a natural reserve accentuated by the verbose frankness of her husband.
Glib refers to fluent, easy, and smooth speech that often suggests shallowness, lack of sincerity, or questionable motives: Was I too glib about my work?