| abundance, | bounty, | liberality, | opulence, | waste, |
| affluence, | extravagance, | luxury, | riches, | wealth. |
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GARRULOUS.
Synonyms:
| chattering, | loquacious, | talkative, | verbose. |
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. |