TALKY Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

talky

adjective

ˈtȯ-kē

Definition of talky

as in talkative

fond of talking or conversation a talky coworker who will corner you at your desk for hours with stories about his vacation

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Recent Examples of talky This talky dramedy finds the film’s three top-tier actors Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider marooned just off the New England coast in 1974. — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026 Which is not to say the series, while talky, gets bogged down in philosophical abstraction. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 The ghost is talky, with parentheticals and exclamation points. — Nick Ripatrazone, Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025 Written by Ed Solomon, who collaborated with Soderbergh on the twisty neo-noir No Sudden Move as well as the TV series Mosaic and Full Circle, the film is a talky chamber piece that’s virtually a two-hander and could just as easily have been a play. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for talky

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Corey Graves was much more talkative this time around, lambasting Big Cass as a coward while supporting Evans.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Bugs, with his carrot-chomping patter, naturally brought out the character’s talkative side in their occasional matchups.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of talkative

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The film tracks four couples moving through different stages of love inside the same cafe over the course of a summer and autumn, told through low-key, conversational scenes.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Participants chose a book using either a conventional search interface or a conversational agent.

— Ming Zhu, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of conversational

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