fluent speaker
Naturally flowing communicator
A fluent speaker commands a language with ease and naturalness, speaking without hesitation or obvious effort.
The term typically describes someone using a language that isn't their native tongue: She's a fluent speaker of Japanese.
Fluency implies smooth, continuous speech rather than halting word-by-word construction, though it doesn't necessarily mean perfect grammar or accent.
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- nativeOriginating from a place
- native tongueLanguage acquired from infancy
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
second language · polyglot · tongue · accent · pronunciation · language barrier · conversational · proficient · quick learner · smooth · effortless · rolling off the tongue · glib · silver-tongued · silver tongue · gift of gab · verbose · interpreter
- Language speakers
- English SpeakersAmericans, British, American, Australians, Australian
- multilingualspolyglot, bilingual, trilingual, quadrilingual, interpreter
- language learnersbeginner, beginners, intermediate, advanced learner, advanced learners
- communicatorsexplainer, orator, presenter, announcer, broadcaster
- endangered languagesendangered language, extinct language, language preservation, language revival, indigenous languages
fluent speakerbeginner
One who lacks experience
novice · language learner · monolingual · illiterate · non-native speaker
fluent, fluently, fluency, affluent, affluence, affluently, effluent, effluence, confluent