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communicative

[ kuh-myoo-ni-key-tiv, -kuh-tiv ]
/ kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪ tɪv, -kə tɪv /
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adjective
inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
of or relating to communication.
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Also com·mu·ni·ca·to·ry [kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]. /kəˈmyu nɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of communicative

1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin commūnicātīvus, equivalent to commūnicāt(us) (see communicate) + -īvus-ive

OTHER WORDS FROM communicative

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Words related to communicative

candid, chatty, conversational, demonstrative, expansive, talkative, communicable, conversable, effusive, enlightening, forthcoming, frank, garrulous, gushing, loquacious, open, outgoing, unreserved, voluble

British Dictionary definitions for communicative

communicative
/ (kəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv) /
adjective
inclined or able to communicate readily; talkative
of or relating to communication

Derived forms of communicative

communicatively, adverbcommunicativeness, noun
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