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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He’s eloquent, and goes deep, and their talk has a late-night intimacy; it’s not in any sense entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Kate Winslet is particularly eloquent on the subject.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

It was this understanding that made the French philosophe so eloquent a defender of the rule of law and so severe a critic of direct taxation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Zhenya Rudneva was utterly heartbroken by the death of the brave, eloquent, determined Galya Dokutovich, who’d suffered so much already and hadn’t let it stop her from flying.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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