Meanings
comparative more eloquent · superlative most eloquent
- Fluently persuasive and articulate.
an eloquent writer
1 more example
He certainly waxed eloquent on his article.
Synonyms: articulate, well-spoken
- Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
an eloquent article
- medicineRelating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability.
1 more example
Lydiard was diagnosed shortly after new year following speech disturbance and subtle memory issues. He has a high-grade glioma, an aggressive malignant primary brain tumour in the left side. It is in the “eloquent brain”, very close to the part that controls speech, and would have been considered untreatable in the past.
2016 February 7, Caroline Davies, “Been anywhere nice this year? Brain surgery where patients are kept chatting”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFluently persuasive and articulate.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveexpressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
- Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
- Latinloquor
- Latinēloquor
- Latinēloquēn
- Old Frencheloquent
- Englisheloquent
From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloquor (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loquor (“to speak”).
More words from Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek εὔγλωσσος, ἐλλόγιμος
- εὔγλωσσος (eúglōssos)fluently persuasive and articulate
- ἐλλόγιμος (ellógimos)fluently persuasive and articulate
Arabic فَصِيح, فُصْحَى
- فَصِيح (faṣīḥ)fluently persuasive and articulate
- فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā)fluently persuasive and articulate
- بَلِيغ (balīḡ)fluently persuasive and articulate
- طَلِيق اللِّسَان (ṭalīq al-lisān)fluently persuasive and articulate
- فَصِيح (faṣīḥ)effective in expressing meaning
- فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā)effective in expressing meaning
Basque berritsu
- berritsufluently persuasive and articulate
Bulgarian красноречив, изразителен
- красноречив (krasnorečiv)fluently persuasive and articulate
- изразителен (izrazitelen)effective in expressing meaning
Catalan eloqüent, eloqüent
- eloqüentfluently persuasive and articulate
- eloqüenteffective in expressing meaning
Chinese Mandarin 有口才, 口若懸河 /口若悬河
- 有口才 (yǒu kǒucái)fluently persuasive and articulate
- 口若懸河 /口若悬河 (kǒuruòxuánhé)fluently persuasive and articulate
- 能言善辯 /能言善辩 (néngyán-shànbiàn)fluently persuasive and articulate
- 雄辯的 /雄辩的 (xióngbiàn de)effective in expressing meaning
Czech výřečný, výmluvný
- výřečnýfluently persuasive and articulate
- výmluvnýfluently persuasive and articulate
- přesvědčivýeffective in expressing meaning
Danish veltalende
- veltalendefluently persuasive and articulate
Dutch welsprekend, eloquent
- welsprekendfluently persuasive and articulate
- eloquentfluently persuasive and articulate
- welbespraaktfluently persuasive and articulate
Esperanto elokventa
- elokventafluently persuasive and articulate
Finnish kaunopuheinen, vakuuttava
- kaunopuheinenfluently persuasive and articulate
- vakuuttavaeffective in expressing meaning
French éloquent, éloquent
- éloquentfluently persuasive and articulate
- éloquenteffective in expressing meaning
German redegewandt, eloquent
- redegewandtfluently persuasive and articulate
- eloquentfluently persuasive and articulate
- wortgewandtfluently persuasive and articulate
Greek εύγλωττος, ευφραδής
- εύγλωττος (évglottos)fluently persuasive and articulate
- ευφραδής (effradís)fluently persuasive and articulate
Hebrew אִישׁ דְּבָרִים
- אִישׁ דְּבָרִים (ish dvarím)effective in expressing meaning
Hindi सुवक्ता
- सुवक्ता (suvaktā)effective in expressing meaning
Hungarian ékesszóló, ékesszóló
- ékesszólófluently persuasive and articulate
- ékesszólóeffective in expressing meaning
Icelandic mæskur
- mæskurfluently persuasive and articulate
Italian eloquente, loquace
- eloquentefluently persuasive and articulate
- loquaceeffective in expressing meaning
- articolatoeffective in expressing meaning
- verbosoeffective in expressing meaning
- pedissequoeffective in expressing meaning
Japanese 雄弁な, 爽やかな
- 雄弁な (yūben na)fluently persuasive and articulate
- 爽やかな (sawayaka na)fluently persuasive and articulate
- 三寸な (sanzun na)fluently persuasive and articulate
- 口八丁な (kuchihatchō na)fluently persuasive and articulate
Latin argūtus, ēloquens
- argūtusfluently persuasive and articulate
- ēloquensfluently persuasive and articulate
- fācundusfluently persuasive and articulate
Māori wahapū
- wahapūfluently persuasive and articulate
Polish elokwentny
- elokwentnyfluently persuasive and articulate
Portuguese eloquente, eloquente
- eloquentefluently persuasive and articulate
- eloquenteeffective in expressing meaning
Romanian elocvent, elocvent
- elocventfluently persuasive and articulate
- elocventeffective in expressing meaning
Russian красноречи́вый, вырази́тельный
- красноречи́вый (krasnorečívyj)fluently persuasive and articulate
- вырази́тельный (vyrazítelʹnyj)effective in expressing meaning
Scottish Gaelic deas-bhriathrach, deas-bhriathrach
- deas-bhriathrachfluently persuasive and articulate
- deas-bhriathracheffective in expressing meaning
Slovak výrečný
- výrečnýfluently persuasive and articulate
Spanish elocuente
- elocuentefluently persuasive and articulate
Swedish vältalig, elokvent
- vältaligfluently persuasive and articulate
- elokventfluently persuasive and articulate
- slåendeeffective in expressing meaning
- talandeeffective in expressing meaning
- träffandeeffective in expressing meaning
Welsh huawdl, huawdl
- huawdlfluently persuasive and articulate
- huawdleffective in expressing meaning
Cite this entry
eloquent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eloquent
“eloquent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eloquent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eloquent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eloquent.
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