FLUENT Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

fluent

adjective

ˈflü-ənt

Definition of fluent

as in articulate

able to express oneself clearly and well a very fluent speaker who always communicates his points well

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as in liquid

capable of moving like a liquid heated the wax until it was fluent, then poured it into the mold

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as in smooth

involving minimal difficulty or effort a fluent performance of one of the oldest magic tricks in the book

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Recent Examples of fluent Kim So-un, fluent in both Japanese and Korean, grew up in colonial Korea. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026 Language models now write clean, fluent messages and can personalize them at scale using details scraped from social media. — Pawan Jain, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 What that film didn’t foretell was the Pakistani-American director’s fluent command of dizzy action setpieces. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026 Jen Stout, a reporter from the Shetland Islands, had spent time in Ukraine and speaks fluent Russian. — Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fluent

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Adjective

The Merriam voters tend to be better dressed and more articulate.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
Pocket calculators are superhuman but narrow, whereas the first large language models, though barely articulate, were general.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of articulate

Adjective

His research later expanded into flexible electronics, liquid metal electronics, microsupercapacitors, and lithium-ion batteries.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Reflections, liquid surfaces, shimmering light and fluid choreography underscore the magnetic tension between the two artists, who share the same effortless chemistry that powered their previous global hits.

— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of liquid

Adjective

The plains were a far smoother ride, and both our joints and the Jeep’s suspension settled down to coast over kilometres of unbroken grassland.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
The advanced thermal control ensures stable temperatures to maintain smooth performance.

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of smooth

Adjective

Fittingly, this is a very American intersection of wealth and power, the exact kind of problem about which James Baldwin was always so eloquent and incisive.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Sep. 2026
Cinematic lyrical poet Victor Kossakovsky (Architecton, Gunda) offers in Holy Wood Dust another distinctive non-fiction meditation on a theme, a work that’s eloquent even if the author’s message is not always explicitly articulated.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of eloquent

Adjective

Sepideh Moafi Sepideh Moafi turned to Lebanese designer Georges Hobeika for her attire, sporting a dusty gold gown with a bevy of shimmering embellishments all over the bodice and semi-sheer flowing skirt.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
Layers are everywhere in 2026, but this time the haircut is being imagined as less edgy and a bit softer—more flowing, more subtle.

— Lucy Binder, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of flowing

Adjective

Players often downplay symptoms to stay on the field—and many signs of brain trauma, such as headaches, memory problems and fatigue, are easy to hide.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
The restaurant also manages the hotel’s room service program, so having a steak delivered to your room is easy.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of easy

Adjective

The Pentagon’s Emil Michael, and David Sacks, the former AI and crypto czar, have also been vocal critics of EA’s influence over the current AI safety landscape.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
The hike was widely expected as Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh has been vocal about tackling stubborn inflation to achieve better price stability in the economy.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of vocal

Adjective

Prediction markets can provide real-time probabilities in fluid ways that election polls cannot.

— W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
LLMs are great at finding blowups that exist—at searching the infinite landscape of fluid scenarios and plucking out the precise situation that breaks the equations.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of fluid

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