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well-spoken

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Eloquent and able with regards to speech.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: articulate, eloquent

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

speaking or spoken fittingly or pleasingly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a well-spoken gentleman
  • a few well-spoken words on civic pride

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: учтив (učtiv) — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Danish: elokvent — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Esperanto: elokventa — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • German: sprachmächtig — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • German: redegewandt — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • German: eloquent — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • German: sprachlich gewandt — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Ancient Greek: εὔστομος (eústomos) — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Indonesian: fasih — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Irish: dea-bhriathrach — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Irish: dea-chainteach — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Irish: dea-labhartha — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Irish: deisbhéalach — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Irish: fiosúil — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Irish: soilbhir — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Macedonian: у́чтив (účtiv) — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Manx: jeih-ocklagh — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Manx: jeih-loayrtagh — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Norwegian Bokmål: språkmektig — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Norwegian Bokmål: språkmektige — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀чтив — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùčtiv — eloquent and able with regards to speech
  • Ottoman Turkish: فصیح (fasih) — eloquent and able with regards to speech