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voluble

Syllables: vol·u·bleUK/ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl//ˈvɑl.jə.bəl/

voluble adjective: fluent or having a ready flow of speech.

Adjective

voluble (comparative more voluble, superlative most voluble)

  1. Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.
    • A moſt acute Iuuvenal, voluble and free of grace, […]c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • What fun shone in his eyes as he recalled some of her fine speeches, and repeated them, imitating her voluble delivery!1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The Cleopatra”, in Villette. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 63
    Antonyms:
    halting
  2. Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.
    • Thus farr the occaſion of this diſcours againſt Tumults; now to the diſcours itſelf, voluble anough, and full of ſentence, but that, for the moſt part, either ſpecious rather then ſolid, or to his cauſe nothing pertinent.1649, J[ohn] Milton, “Vpon the Insolency of the Tumults”, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 32
    • He heard[…]the voice of the drunken woman, now sober, poured out in voluble remorse, and in voluble promise of amendment for the future, to every one who passed, if they would let her off easy.1886, William Dean Howells, chapter 6, in The Minister's Charge, page 73
  3. Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.
    • Seen from the west, their sky-line gallops away north and south like a sea-serpent in voluble motion.1935, Leonard Barnes, Zulu Paraclete: A Sentimental Record, Peter Davies, page 22
    Synonyms:
    steady
  4. Twisting and turning like a vine.

voluble meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

voluble in Urdu

باتونی, چرب زبان, فصیح, سلیس, طرار

voluble in Bengali

অতিবাচাল

voluble in Malayalam

ഒഴുക്കൻമട്ടിൽ സംസാരിക്കുന്ന, നിർത്താതെ സംസാരിക്കാൻ ഭാവിക്കുന്ന

voluble in Kannada

ವಾಚಾಳಿತನದ, ವಾಕ್ಚಾತುರ್ಯವುಳ್ಳ, ನಿರರ್ಗಳವಾದ ಮಾತುಗಾರಿಕೆಯ, ಹರಟುವ, ತುಂಬಾ ಮಾತನಾಡುವ

Examples of voluble in a sentence

  • But Wolf Larsen seemed voluble, prone to speech as I had never seen him before.1904, Jack London, chapter XXVI, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 246:
  • As a rule Lady Anne's displeasure became articulate and markedly voluble after four minutes of introductory muteness.1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Reticence of Lady Anne”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co....
  • In the daylit corridor he talked with voluble pains of zeal, in duty bound, most fair, most kind, most honest broadbrim.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II...

Synonyms of voluble

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Antonyms

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Forms of voluble

comparativemore voluble
superlativemost voluble

Origin of voluble

From Middle French volubile, from Latin volūbilis (“rolling”), from volvō (“roll”).

Words formed from voluble

Questions about voluble

What does voluble mean?
Voluble means fluent or having a ready flow of speech.
What is voluble in Urdu?
Voluble in Urdu is باتونی, چرب زبان, فصیح. See Voluble meaning in Urdu.
How do you use voluble in a sentence?
But Wolf Larsen seemed voluble, prone to speech as I had never seen him before.
What part of speech is voluble?
Voluble is an adjective.
How do you pronounce voluble?
Voluble is pronounced /ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl/ (UK).

Words near voluble in the dictionary

  1. volubile
  2. Volubilis
  3. volubilities
  4. volubility
  5. volubiloside
  6. voluble
  7. volubleness
  8. volubly
  9. Voluck
  10. Volucks
  11. volucraries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: voluble (page history and authors); voluble (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voluble (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voluble (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voluble (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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