fluent
[ floo-uh nt ]
/ ˈflu ənt /
adjective
spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
able to speak or write smoothly, easily, or readily: a fluent speaker; fluent in six languages.
easy; graceful: fluent motion; fluent curves.
flowing, as a stream.
capable of flowing; fluid, as liquids or gases.
easily changed or adapted; pliant.
Origin of fluent
SYNONYMS FOR fluent
1, 2
Fluent,
glib,
voluble may refer to a flow of words.
Fluent suggests the easy and ready flow of an accomplished speaker and is usually a term of commendation:
a fluent and interesting speech.
Glib implies an excessive fluency divorced from sincerity or profundity; it often suggests talking smoothly and hurriedly to cover up or deceive, not giving the hearer a chance to stop and think; it may also imply a plausible, prepared, and well-rehearsed lie:
He had a glib answer for everything.
Voluble implies the overcopious and often rapid flow of words characteristic of a person who loves to talk:
She overwhelmed him with her voluble answer. See also
eloquent.
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British Dictionary definitions for fluent
fluent
/ (ˈfluːənt) /
adjective
able to speak or write a specified foreign language with facility
spoken or written with facility
his French is fluent
easy and graceful in motion or shape
flowing or able to flow freely
Derived forms of fluent
fluently, adverbWord Origin for fluent
C16: from Latin: flowing, from
fluere to flow