'Voluble' definitions:
Definition of 'voluble'
From: WordNet
adjective
Marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations" [ant: taciturn]
Definition of 'Voluble'
From: GCIDE
- Voluble \Vol"u*ble\, a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Gr. ? to infold, to inwrap, ? to roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue. [1913 Webster]
- [Cassio,] a knave very voluble. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. "A grave and voluble eloquence." --Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants. [1913 Webster]
- Voluble stem (Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body. [1913 Webster] -- {Vol"u*ble*ness}, n. -- {Vol"u*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'voluble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all jaw,
- bombastic,
- candid,
- chatty,
- communicative,
- conversational,
- effusive,
- expansive,
- exuberant,
- flip,
- fluent,
- frank,
- gabby,
- garrulous,
- gassy,
- glib,
- gossipy,
- gregarious,
- gushy,
- long-winded,
- loquacious,
- multiloquent,
- multiloquious,
- newsy,
- overtalkative,
- profuse,
- prolix,
- silver-tongued,
- smooth,
- sociable,
- talkative,
- talky,
- verbose,
- vocative,
- windy,
- wordy