US /ˈfluənt/ UK /ˈfluːənt/
adj noun Freq #17848

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Able to speak or write a language easily and accurately.

    She's fluent in French and German.

  2. 2
    adj

    Smooth and graceful in movement or style.

    He has fast, fluent handwriting.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · able to speak or write a... eloquent
2 adj · smooth and graceful in... fluidsmooth
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms disfluentdysfluentfluentnesshyperfluentnonfluentoverfluentsubfluenttransfluent
Related forms fluencyfluently

Etymology

From Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“to flow”).

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