Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Loquacity

Nouns
  • loquacity, loquaciousness
  • talkativeness etc. adj.
  • garrulity
  • multiloquence, much speaking. jaw
  • gabble
  • jabber, chatter
  • prate, prattle, cackle, clack
  • twaddle, twattle, rattle
  • caquet
  • blabber, bavardage, bibble-babble, gibble-gabble
  • small talk etc. (converse) Conversation. fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue
  • flow of words
  • verbosity etc. (diffuseness) Diffuseness
  • gift of the gab etc. (eloquence) Speech. talker
  • chatterer, chatterbox
  • babbler etc. v.
  • rattle
  • ranter
  • sermonizer, proser, driveler
  • blatherskite [U.S.]
  • gossip etc. (converse) Conversation
  • magpie, jay, parrot, poll, Babel
Verbs
  • be loquacious etc. adj.
  • talk glibly, pour forth, patter
  • prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw
  • blather, blatter, blether
  • rattle, rattle on
  • twaddle, twattle
  • babble, gabble
  • outtalk
  • talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse
  • expatiate etc. (speak at length) Diffuseness
  • gossip etc. (converse) Conversation
  • din in the ears etc. (repeat) Repetition
  • talk at random, talk nonsense etc. Absurdity
  • be hoarse with talking.
Adjectives
  • loquacious, talkative, garrulous, linguacious, multiloquous
  • largiloquent
  • chattering etc. v.
  • chatty etc. (sociable) Sociality
  • declamatory etc. Speech
  • open-mouthed. fluent, voluble, glib, flippant
  • long tongued, long winded etc. (diffuse) Diffuseness.
Adverbs
  • trippingly on the tongue
  • glibly etc. adj.
  • off the reel.
Phrases
  • the tongue running fast, the tongue running loose, the tongue running on wheels
  • all talk and no cider
  • foul whisperings are abroad" [Macbeth]
  • what a spendthrift is he of his tongue! " [Tempest].