chatty

Other forms of chatty

comparative or superlative

chattier

comparative or superlative

chattiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chatty

What does chatty mean?

chatty means "full of trivial conversation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chatty?

chatty has 2 syllables: chat-ty. The stress falls on "chat". In IPA it is /ˈtʃæti/.

What is another word for chatty?

Close synonyms include gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chatty a common word?

chatty is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.