eloquent
/ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/
eloquent adjective: fluently persuasive and articulate.
Adjective
eloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)
- Fluently persuasive and articulate.
- an eloquent writer
- He certainly waxed eloquent on his article.
- Synonyms:
- articulate, well-spoken
- Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
- an eloquent article
- Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability.
- Lydiard was diagnosed shortly after new year following speech disturbance and subtle memory issues. He has a high-grade glioma, an aggressive malignant primary brain tumour in the left side. It is in the “eloquent brain”, very close to the part that controls speech, and would have been considered...2016 February 7, Caroline Davies, “Been anywhere nice this year? Brain surgery where patients are kept chatting”, in The Guardian
eloquent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
eloquent in Hindi
- effective in expressing meaning
- सुवक्ता suvaktā
eloquent in Tamil
- சொல் திறமிக்க, சொல் திறம் மிக்க, நா நலம்மிக்க, நாநலம் வாய்ந்த
eloquent in Marathi
- eloquent
- जबेफरास jabephrās
eloquent in Urdu
- فصیح, گویا, شیریں بیان, سخن ور, طرار
More languagesFewer languages
- eloquent in Bengali
- বাগ্মী
- eloquent in Malayalam
- വാങ്മയം vāṅmayaṁ
- eloquent in Kannada
- ಮಾತುಗ, ಮಾತುಗಾರ, ಮಾತುಗುಳಿ, ಮಾತುಗೊಳಿ
- eloquent in Sanskrit
- वाङ्मय vāṅmáya, सूक्त sūktá, वचन vácana, वक्तृ vaktṛ́
- eloquent in Arabic
- فَصِيح faṣīḥ, فُصْحَى fuṣḥā, بَلِيغ balīḡ, طَلِيق اللِّسَان ṭalīq al-lisān
Examples of eloquent in a sentence
- He was an eloquent speaker, and his slip of the tongue was a one-time error.
- Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
- To call George eloquent is certainly a reach.
Synonyms of eloquent
Forms of eloquent
| comparative | more eloquent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most eloquent |
Origin of eloquent
From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloquor (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loquor (“to speak”).
Words formed from eloquent
Questions about eloquent
- What does eloquent mean?
- Eloquent means fluently persuasive and articulate.
- What is eloquent in Hindi?
- Eloquent in Hindi is सुवक्ता (suvaktā). See Eloquent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eloquent?
- Eloquent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce eloquent?
- Eloquent is pronounced /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/ (UK).
Words near eloquent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eloquent (page history and authors); eloquent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जबेफरास (Marathi) (page history and authors); eloquent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eloquent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വാങ്മയം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); eloquent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उदार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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