eloquent
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- silver-tongued, articulate, fluent, forceful, moving, persuasive, stirring, well-expressed
- expressive, meaningful, suggestive, telling, vivid

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Contrasted words: inarticulate, ineffective, weak
Related Words: forceful, potent, powerful, ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, passionate, glib, silver-tongued, voluble, graphic, indicative, revealing, suggestive, telling, affecting, impressive, moving, poignant, touching

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English Thesaurus: talkative, chatty, articulate, eloquent, garrulous, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

el‧o‧quent /ˈeləkwənt/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin, present participle of eloqui; ⇒ elocution]

1. able to express your ideas and opinions well, especially in a way that influences people:
an eloquent appeal for support

2. showing a feeling or meaning without using words:
The photographs are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war.
—eloquently adverb
—eloquence noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

eloquent
adj.
VERBS be | become, grow, wax He waxed eloquent about her talents as an actress.
ADV. extremely, very a very eloquent speaker
quite
PREP. about, on He grew quite eloquent on the subject.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

talkative a talkative person likes to talk a lot – also used about people’s moods:
He’s very talkative with his friends and family.
Benjamin was in a talkative mood.
chatty liking to talk a lot in a friendly way – a rather informal use:
I like her – she’s always cheerful and chatty.
The chatty girl on the phone answered most of my questions.
articulate able to talk easily and effectively about things, especially difficult subjects:
All the applicants we interviewed were intelligent and articulate.
These were articulate people, well able to deal with the press and media.
eloquent able to express your ideas and opinions well – used especially about people who speak in public and are able to influence people:
an eloquent public speaker
garrulous formal talking a lot, especially about unimportant things:
A garrulous old man was sitting near me in the bar.
He became more garrulous as the evening went on.
you can’t shut him/her up informal used to say humorously that someone talks all the time:
You can’t shut him up so I never get any work done when he’s here.
chatterbox informal someone, especially a child, who talks a lot :
Cathy’s a real chatterbox.

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