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- pronunciation:
- flu
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
speaking or writing easily and smoothly.
She is fluent in several languages.
- synonyms:
- articulate
- similar words:
- eloquent, glib, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued
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| definition 2: |
spoken or written easily and smoothly.
a fluent after-dinner speech- synonyms:
- articulate
- antonyms:
- inarticulate
- similar words:
- cogent, eloquent, euphonious, facile, glib, liquid, mellifluous, smooth-spoken
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| definition 3: |
graceful and smooth, as curves.
- synonyms:
- fluid, graceful
- antonyms:
- jerky
- similar words:
- mellifluous, sinuous, undulant
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| definition 4: |
flowing, as a liquid.
- synonyms:
- flowing, fluid, liquid, streaming
- antonyms:
- halting
- similar words:
- effusive
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| related words: |
articulate, proficient, smooth, versed |
adverb + (adj.)fluent
equally, fairly, from, rapidly, sufficiently, totally
(adj.)fluent
+ adverb
enough, highly, verbally
(adj.)fluent
+ noun
accent, dialect, idiom, language, mandarin, phrase, reader, reading, skill, software, speaker, speech, style, tongue, translation
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| derivations: |
fluently (adv.), fluency (n.) |
The word fluent
contains the following parts:
flu, fluct, flux, fluv, flum
Latin
root
that means flow
  Example words:
affluent, circumfluent, confluence, conflux, effluent, effluvium, fluctuate, fluent, fluid, flume, fluvial, flux, influence, influenza, influx, refluent, superfluous
-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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