communicative

Adjective
US[kuh-myoo-nuh-kuh-tiv]/kəˈmjunəkətɪv/5 syllables
Synonyms: communicatory

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. of or relating to communication“communicative arts”Relating to communication
  2. able or tending to communicate“was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew — W.M.Thackeray”Synonyms: communicatoryOpposite incommunicativeSimilar verbal, expressive, gestural, communicational, outspoken, narrative, Icelandic-speaking, gesticulating +27 moreSee also articulate, voluble

Related words communicate verb, communicativeness noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Com·mu′ni·ca·tive adjective

Origin: Cf. F. Communicatif, LL. communicativus.

Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

Determine, for the future, to be less communicative.— Jonathan Swift

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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