communicative
Other forms: communicatively
To be communicative is to have the ability to communicate — to exchange thoughts and ideas. Couples often go to counseling to learn to be more communicative.
It's easy to see the verb communicate in the adjective communicative: a communicative person is one who can communicate easily. Being communicative is one of the qualities we most value in other people. There's nothing more frustrating than a person who's not communicative, because you can't talk to them. I'm surprised when others are surprised at how communicative my dog is. Aren't all dogs good at talking to their owners?
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able or tending to communicate“"was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray”synonyms: communicatoryarticulateexpressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive languageBantu-speakingable to communicate in Bantucommunicablereadily communicatedcommunicationalused in communicationEnglish-speakingable to communicate in Englishexpressivecharacterized by expressionFinno-Ugric-speakingable to communicate in a Finno-Ugric languageFlemish-speakingable to communicate in FlemishFrench-speakingable to communicate in FrenchGaelic-speakingable to communicate in GaelicGerman-speakingable to communicate in Germangesticulatingmaking gestures while speakingheraldicindicative of or announcing something to comeIcelandic-speakingable to communicate in IcelandicItalian-speakingable to communicate in ItalianJapanese-speakingable to communicate in JapaneseKannada-speakingable to communicate in KannadaLivonian-speakingable to communicate in Livoniannarrativeconsisting of or characterized by the telling of a storynonverbalinvolving little use of languagenonverballacking verbal skillopenheartedfreely communicative; candidly straightforwardOscan-speakingable to communicate in OscanRussian-speakingable to communicate in RussianSamoyedic-speakingable to communicate in SamoyedicSemitic-speakingable to communicate in a Semitic languageSiouan-speakingable to communicate in a Siouan languageSpanish-speakingable to communicate in SpanishTurkic-speakingable to communicate in Turkicverbalcommunicated in the form of wordsyarn-spinninginclined to tell long and involved stories (often of incredible happenings)volublemarked by a ready flow of speechantonyms:uncommunicativenot inclined to talk or give information or express opinionsclose, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlippedinclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging informationincommunicadowithout the means or right to communicateinexpressivenot expressivetaciturnhabitually reserved and uncommunicative
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of or relating to communication“communicative arts”
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