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- pronunciation:
- e
l
kwihnt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
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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| related words: |
strong |
| 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:
educate, eject, elaborate, elect, eligible, eloquent, elude, emancipate, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emit, enormous, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, event, evict, evident, evolution, evolve
loqu, locu
Latin
root
that means speak; speech
Example words:
-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:
accident, accidental, adjacent, affluent, agent, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, complacent, confident, consultant, continent, current, dependent, different, disinfectant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, incessant, indignant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, president, prudent, pungent, reluctant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, vacant
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