volubility
Endless easy speech
Volubility is the quality of talking readily and at length.
The word carries a faint suggestion of excess—someone with volubility doesn't just speak fluently but may be hard to stop: His volubility made meetings run long.
The adjective is voluble.
Inclined to speak much
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- chatterboxOne who talks incessantly
- gabbyInclined to chatter
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
babble · blabber · jabber · yak · natter · ramble · chitchat · gabble
Using more language than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- circumlocutorySpeaking in circles
diffuse · redundant · pleonastic · periphrastic · turgid · discursive · digressive · bombastic
Unrestrainedly emotional in expression
- animatedFull of life, or drawn moving
- demonstrativeOpenly showing emotions
- unreservedNot held back
- forthcomingSoon to appear
expansive · communicative · outgoing · vocal · open · exuberant · uninhibited · gushing
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- well-spokenSpeaking with refinement
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- dictionChoice of words
lucidity · perspicuity · cogency · poise · grandiloquence · panache · finesse · mellifluousness
Able to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- smooth-talkerPersuasive, flattering speaker
- glibSuperficially articulate
charismatic · cogent · insinuating · seductive · slick · winning · engaging · honeyed
talkative
Inclined to speak much
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- chatterboxOne who talks incessantly
- gabbyInclined to chatter
prattle · babble · blabber · jabber · yak · natter · ramble · chitchat · gabble · palaver
wordy
Using more language than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
circumlocutory · diffuse · redundant · pleonastic · periphrastic · turgid · discursive · digressive · bombastic · grandiloquent
effusive
Unrestrainedly emotional in expression
- animatedFull of life, or drawn moving
- demonstrativeOpenly showing emotions
- unreservedNot held back
forthcoming · expansive · communicative · outgoing · vocal · open · exuberant · uninhibited · gushing · fervent
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- well-spokenSpeaking with refinement
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
diction · lucidity · perspicuity · cogency · poise · grandiloquence · panache · finesse · mellifluousness · polished
convincing
Able to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- smooth-talkerPersuasive, flattering speaker
glib · charismatic · cogent · insinuating · seductive · slick · winning · engaging · honeyed · ingratiating
- talkativenesstalkativeness, wordiness, garrulity, loquacity, long-windedness
- sociabilityfriendliness, sociability, extroversion, congeniality, affability
volubilitytaciturnity
Disinclined to speak
silence · reticence · quietness · speechlessness · muteness
volubilityinarticulateness
Inability to speak clearly
hesitancy · halting speech · tongue-tiedness · stammering · faltering
involve, revolution, evolution, revolve, fluent, convoluted, loquacious, voluble, verbosity