fluent

1. 1.

   smooth and unconstrained in movement

   “a long, smooth stride”

   “the fluid motion of a cat”

   “the liquid grace of a ballerina”

   Synonymsfluidliquidsmooth

   Similargraceful
2. 2.

   expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

   “able to dazzle with his facile tongue”

   “silver speech”

   Synonymseloquentfacilesilversilver-tonguedsmooth-spoken

   Similararticulate

Other forms of fluent

comparative

fluenter·

superlative

fluentest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fluent

What does fluent mean?

fluent means "smooth and unconstrained in movement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fluent?

fluent has 2 syllables: flu-ent. The stress falls on "flu". In IPA it is /ˈfluənt/.

What is another word for fluent?

Close synonyms include fluid, liquid, smooth, eloquent, facile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fluent a common word?

fluent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fluent?

1 word rhymes with fluent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.