eloquence

noun

1 he was known for the eloquence of his sermons:

oratory, rhetoric, grandiloquence, magniloquence;

expressiveness, articulacy, articulateness, fluency, facility, persuasiveness;

diction, enunciation, locution;

command of language, power of speech;

informal gift of the gab, way with words, blarney.

▷antonyms inarticulacy.

2 the quality and eloquence of the string playing:

expressiveness, sensitivity, meaningfulness, significance, suggestiveness.