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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
fluent, apt, and persuasive, as a speaker or a speech.
The eloquent speaker utterly inspired and moved her audience.The governor was eloquent on the subject of his reforms.The students applauded after the eloquent lecture.- synonyms:
- articulate, silver-tongued
- antonyms:
- inarticulate
- similar words:
- effective, flowing, fluent, graceful, oratorical, persuasive, poetic, smooth-spoken, well-spoken
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| definition 2: |
effective and expressive.
The actor's gesture here is subtle but very eloquent.She said nothing, but she gave an eloquent sigh.- synonyms:
- expressive
- similar words:
- emphatic, meaningful, significant, suggestive, trenchant
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strong |
adverb + (adj.)eloquent
extremely, most, particularly, perhaps, quietly
(adj.)eloquent
+ noun
account,
advocate,
argument,
articulation,
champion,
column,
commentary,
critic,
defender,
defense,
description,
dissent,
essay,
eulogy,
evidence,
explanation,
expression,
faith,
gesture,
memorial,
metaphor,
orator,
passage,
phrase,
plea,
poem,
poet,
preacher,
proof,
proponent,
prose,
protest,
remark,
restraint,
reticence,
shrug,
silence,
simplicity,
speaker,
speech,
spokesman,
spokesperson,
statement,
statesman,
summation,
testament,
testimony,
topic,
tribute,
virtue,
voice,
warning,
wisdom,
witness,
word
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| derivations: |
eloquently (adv.), eloquentness (n.) |
The word eloquent
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
loqu, locu
Latin
root
that means speak; speech
Example words:
circumlocution, colloquial, colloquium, colloquy, elocution, eloquence, eloquent, grandiloquence, interlocutor, locution, loquacious, magniloquent, obloquy, soliloquy, ventriloquism
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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