/ English Dictionary

FLUENCY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being facile in speech and writing

Synonyms:

articulateness; fluency; volubility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fluency" is a kind of...):

communicativeness (the trait of being communicative)

Derivation:

fluent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Skillfulness in speaking or writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fluency" is a kind of...):

skillfulness (the state of being cognitively skillful)

Antonym:

disfluency (lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing)

Derivation:

fluent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Powerful and effective language

Example:

his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police

Synonyms:

eloquence; fluency; smoothness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fluency" is a kind of...):

expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)

Derivation:

fluent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively)

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