eloquentEnglishOxford American Thesauruseloquent adjective 1 an eloquent and well-informed speech: persuasive, expressive, articulate, fluent; strong, forceful, powerful, potent; well spoken, silver-tongued, smooth-tongued, well expressed, graceful, lucid, vivid, effective, graphic; glib. ▷antonyms inarticulate. 2 her dark eloquent eyes lifted up: expressive, sensitive, meaningful, suggestive, revealing, telling, significant, indicative.