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fluent

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fluent

1 able to express oneself clearly and well

  • a very fluent speaker who always communicates his points well
Synonyms of fluent

articulate, eloquent, silver-tongued, well-spoken
Words Related to fluent

facile, glib, smooth-tongued, voluble

expressive, outspoken, verbal, vocal

blabby, chatty, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, verbose

unfaltering, unhesitating
Near Antonyms of fluent

faltering, halting, hesitant, maundering, mumbling, muttering, sputtering, stammering, stumbling, stuttering

mute, speechless, tongueless, tongue-tied, voiceless
Antonyms of fluent

inarticulate, ineloquent, unvocal

2 capable of moving like a liquid

  • heated the wax until it was fluent, then poured it into the mold
Synonyms of fluent

flowing, fluid, liquid
Words Related to fluent

circumfluent, circumfluous

diluted, thin, watery, weak

semiliquid, semisolid
Near Antonyms of fluent

clotted, coagulated, gelatinous, gelled, jelled, jellied, thick

gluey, glutinous, gooey, gummy, viscous
Antonyms of fluent

hard, nonliquid, solid

3 involving minimal difficulty or effort

  • a fluent performance of one of the oldest magic tricks in the book
Synonyms of fluent

cheap, downhill, easy, effortless, facile, fluid, hands-down, light, painless, ready, royal, simple, smooth, snap, soft
Words Related to fluent

idiotproof, mindless, quick, straightforward, unchallenging, uncomplicated

apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, transparent, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable
Near Antonyms of fluent

burdensome, exhausting, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful, taxing, troublesome

abstruse, complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, problematic (also problematical), recondite
Antonyms of fluent

arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, herculean, killer, labored, laborious, murderous, rough, severe, stiff, strenuous, toilful, toilsome, tough

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