fluent

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UK/ˈfluːənt/US/ˈfluənt/obsolete/ˈfljuːɛnt//flɪu̯ənt/

adjective

That flows; flowing, liquid.

“fluent handwriting”

Similar
fluidrunnyliquidsmoothgracefuleloquentfacilesilver
Opposite
laborious
OriginLatin fluens →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

adjectivefluent (comparative more fluent, superlative most fluent)

comparative more fluent · superlative most fluent

  1. That flows; flowing, liquid.

    fluent handwriting

    1 more example

    For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent, without ever being stable or permanent[…].

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: fluid

  2. Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

    She's fluent in French.

    1 more example

    The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent.

    1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
  3. computingBeing or relating to a fluent interface.

    The payment processor offers a fluent API.

nounfluent (plural fluents)

plural fluents

  1. obsoletemathematicsA continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveThat flows; flowing, liquid.

Similar
fluid
Similar
runny
Opposite
laborious

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivesmooth and unconstrained in movement

Similar
fluidliquidsmoothgraceful

adjectiveexpressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

Similar
eloquentfacilesilversilver-tonguedsmooth-spokenarticulate
Also see
articulateconsummateeloquentfacileflowingfluidfluidicfluxivegracefulliquidmobilemoistonrushingproficientquickrunnysilversilver-tonguedskilledsmoothsmooth-spokenstreamingwatery

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinfluens“flowing”
  2. Englishfluent

From Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“to flow”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek εὔροος
  • εὔροος (eúroos)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
Arabic طَلِق, فَصِيح
  • طَلِق (ṭaliq)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • فَصِيح (faṣīḥ)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
Basque arin
  • arinable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Bulgarian течен, подвижен
  • течен (tečen)that flows; flowing, liquid
  • подвижен (podvižen)that flows; flowing, liquid
  • свободен (svoboden)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
Chinese Cantonese 流利
  • 流利 (lau⁴ lei⁶)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
Chinese Mandarin 流利, 滔滔
  • 流利 (liúlì)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • 滔滔 (tāotāo)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • 暢達 /畅达 (chàngdá)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
Czech plynulý, plynný
  • plynulýable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • plynnýable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Danish flydende
  • flydendeable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Dutch vloeiend
  • vloeiendable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Esperanto flua
  • fluaable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Estonian sujuv
  • sujuvable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Finnish sujuva
  • sujuvaable to speak a language accurately and confidently
French parler couramment
  • parler courammentable to speak a language accurately and confidently
German fließend, fließend
  • fließendthat flows; flowing, liquid
  • fließendable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • flüssigable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Greek ρευστός, με ευχέρεια
  • ρευστός (refstós)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • με ευχέρεια (me efchéreia)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • ευφραδής (effradís)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
Hawaiian poeko
  • poekoable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Hungarian folyékony
  • folyékonyable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Icelandic reiprennandi, altalandi
  • reiprennandiable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • altalandiable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Indonesian fasih, lancar
  • fasihable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • lancarable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Italian fluido
  • fluidoable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Japanese ぺらぺら, 流暢な
  • ぺらぺら (perapera)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • 流暢な (ryūchō-na)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • すらすら (surasura)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
Latin fluens, prōfluens
  • fluensthat flows; flowing, liquid
  • prōfluensthat flows; flowing, liquid
  • fluensable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • prōfluensable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Malay fasih
  • fasihable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Māori matatau
  • matatauable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Norwegian flytende
  • flytendeable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Norwegian Bokmål flytende
  • flytendeable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Polish płynny, biegły
  • płynnyable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • biegłyable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Portuguese fluente
  • fluenteable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Romanian fluent
  • fluentable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Russian бе́глый, свобо́дный
  • бе́глый (béglyj)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • свобо́дный (svobódnyj)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
Scottish Gaelic siùbhlach
  • siùbhlachable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Spanish fluyente, fluente
  • fluyentethat flows; flowing, liquid
  • fluentethat flows; flowing, liquid
  • fluidoable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • facundoable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • que dominaable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Swedish flytande
  • flytandeable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Tagalog bihasa, matatas
  • bihasaable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • matatasable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Tamil சரளமாக, சரளமான
  • சரளமாக (caraḷamāka)that flows; flowing, liquid
  • சரளமான (caraḷamāṉa)that flows; flowing, liquid
  • சரளமாக (caraḷamāka)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
Thai คล่อง, คล่องแคล่ว
  • คล่อง (klɔ̂ng)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • คล่องแคล่วable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Turkish akıcı
  • akıcıable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Ukrainian ві́льно
  • ві́льно (vílʹno)able to speak a language accurately and confidently
Vietnamese lưu loát, trôi chảy
  • lưu loátable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • trôi chảyable to speak a language accurately and confidently
  • thành thạoable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Welsh rhugl
  • rhuglable to speak a language accurately and confidently
Yiddish פֿליסיק
  • פֿליסיק (flisik)able to speak a language accurately and confidently

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

fluent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluent

MLA

“fluent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fluent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluent.

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