Antonyms for loquacious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : loh-kwey-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : loʊˈkweɪ ʃəs

Definition of loquacious

Origin : 1660s, back-formation from loquacity or else formed from stem of Latin loquax (genitive loquacis) "talkative," from loqui "to speak" (see locution) + -ous. Related: Loquaciously; loquaciousness.

adj talkative

Example sentences :

He consented, therefore, to all that the loquacious tailor proposed to him.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Taterleg, loquacious as he might be on occasion, knew when to hold his tongue.
Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden

"He's the oldest man in these parts," pursued his loquacious companion.
Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger

A loquacious advocate is more likely to gain his case than a taciturn one.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

At home, in the woods, he is the most frolicsome and loquacious.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 » by Various

Finding them, to all seeming, gullible and loquacious, she had even ventured on the Bishop.
Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray

"Radnor is naturally not loquacious about the matter," he resumed presently.
Extract from : « The Four Pools Mystery » by Jean Webster

We are growing too loquacious, both on the p. 186stage and off.
Extract from : « Obiter Dicta » by Augustine Birrell

She was by nature rather a loquacious and, so to speak, irrelevant talker.
Extract from : « The Coxswain's Bride » by R.M. Ballantyne

How do talkative and loquacious differ from garrulous, and from each other?
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

Synonyms for loquacious

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