| A | B |
| loquacious | tending to talk a great deal (formal) |
| circumlocution | the use of more words than necessary to express something |
| colloquial | expressed by way of conversation |
| colloquy | conference (formal) |
| eloquent | expressing a feeling or thought clearly |
| grandiloquence | Pompous or bombastic speech or expression |
| interlocution | Speech between two or more persons; conversation |
| magniloquent | employing impressive words and an exaggeratedly solemn and dignified style |
| obloquy | verbal abuse of person or thing |
| soliloquy | the act of speaking while alone, especially whenused as a theatrical device that allows a character's thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience |
| somniloquent | talking while sleeping |
| ventriloquism | the art of projecting one's voice so that it seems to come from another source, as from a wooden figure |
| loqui | to speak |