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Definitions

eloquent

[el-uh-kwuhnt] / ˈɛl ə kwənt /
ADJECTIVE
having a skillful way with words
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affecting ardent articulate expressive fervent forceful impassioned moving outspoken passionate persuasive poignant powerful revealing stirring touching vivid vocal
WEAK
facund fervid fluent glib grandiloquent graphic impressive indicative magniloquent meaningful potent rhetorical sententious significant silver-tongued smooth-spoken suggestive telling voluble well-expressed
Antonyms
STRONGEST
apathetic calm cold cool dispassionate dull frigid impotent indifferent ineffective introverted shy unaffecting unenthusiastic unexcited unmoving weak
WEAK
inarticulate

Example Sentences

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Yet Leo found—his son tells us with eloquent understatement—that “some Germans managed to remain decent, when decency could be very dangerous.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The Telegraph called the pigeon's discharge "the most eloquent live review in history."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

A disheveled man sick of endless waiting launched into an eloquent tirade ending with Samuel Beckett -- "You know what happened in the story of Godot? He never came."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

For instance, Trump was a very eloquent speaker back in the 1990s, with the ability to speak in whole paragraphs and make coherent arguments.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

Narcissa looked up at him, her face eloquent with despair.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.