Antonyms for garrulous
ˈgær ə ləs, ˈgær yə-gar·ru·lous

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. garrulousadjective

   Synonyms:
   talkative, wordy, bombastic, loquacious, tonguey, rambling, chatty

2. garrulousadjective

   Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

   Synonyms:
   rambling, talkative, wordy, bombastic, tonguey, chatty, loquacious

3. garrulousadjective

   Excessively wordy and rambling.

   Synonyms:
   loquacious, wordy, rambling, tonguey, bombastic, talkative, chatty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. garrulous

   Garrulous signifies given to constant trivial talking. Chattering signifies uttering rapid, noisy, and unintelligible, or scarcely intelligible, sounds, whether articulate words or such as resemble them; chattering is often used of vocal sounds that may be intelligible by themselves but are ill understood owing to confusion of many voices or other cause. The talkative person has a strong disposition to talk, with or without an abundance of words, or many ideas; the loquacious person has an abundant flow of language and much to say on any subject suggested; either may be lively and for a time entertaining; the garrulous person is tedious, repetitious, petty, and self-absorbed. Verbose is applied to utterances more formal than conversation, as to writings or public addresses. We speak of a chattering monkey or a chattering idiot, a talkative child, a talkative or loquacious woman, a garrulous old man, a verbose writer. Compare CIRCUMLOCUTION.

   Antonyms:
   laconic, reserved, reticent, silent, speechless, taciturn

   Synonyms:
   chattering, loquacious, talkative, verbose

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talkyadjective

   full of trivial conversation

   "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

   Antonyms:
   taciturn

   Synonyms:
   newsy, gossipy, talkative, gabby, expansive, blabbermouthed, bigmouthed, chatty, loquacious, blabby, talky

How to use garrulous in a sentence?

1. Paul Klee:

   Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.

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