Antonyms for volubility
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vol-yuh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɒl yə bəl |
Definition of volubility
Origin :- 1570s, "liable to constant change," from French voluble, from Latin volubilis "that turns around, rolling, flowing, fluent" (of speech), from volvere "to turn around, roll" (see volvox). Meaning "fluent, talkative" first recorded 1580s. Related: Volubly.
- As in readiness : noun skill; eagerness
- As in fluency : noun ease of expression
- As in garrulity : noun loquacity
- As in gift of gab : noun a way with words
- As in articulacy : noun eloquence
- As in articulateness : noun eloquence
- As in eloquence : noun skillful way with words
- That she knows better than to value herself upon my volubility?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- His volubility had left him at last, and he sank down wearily on my sofa.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- Charlie, piqued at her inattentiveness, essayed a volubility foreign to his words.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- Tessibel's struggling to her feet broke off the man's volubility.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- Chaffering, quarrelling, joking, there seems to be no end to their volubility.
- Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 » by Various
- Cobbet, with all his volubility, has not a word to throw at a ghost.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 » by Various
- This and much more with the volubility of relieved feelings.
- Extract from : « The Bell-Ringer of Angel's and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
- They argued with volubility: they argued standing in the open doorway.
- Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome
- He replied with volubility, and helped them down on to the ice.
- Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome
- "Not now," replied Lady Rookwood, checking the volubility of the man of law.
- Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
Synonyms for volubility
- ability
- address
- adroitness
- alacrity
- appeal
- aptness
- articulacy
- articulateness
- articulation
- blarney
- cacoethes loquendi
- chattiness
- command of language
- deftness
- delivery
- dexterity
- diarrhea of the mouth
- diction
- dispatch
- dramatic
- ease
- eloquence
- eloquentness
- expedience
- expedition
- expression
- expressiveness
- expressivity
- facility
- fervor
- fitness
- flow
- flowing tongue
- fluency
- fluentness
- force
- forcefulness
- furor loquendi
- garrulousness
- gift of gab
- gift of the gab
- glibness
- good will
- grandiloquence
- handiness
- inclination
- keenness
- logomania
- logorrhea
- long-windedness
- loquaciousness
- loquacity
- maturity
- meaningfulness
- mellifluousness
- oration
- oratory
- passion
- persuasiveness
- poise
- power
- preparation
- preparedness
- prolixity
- promptitude
- promptness
- prowess
- quickness
- rapidity
- rhetoric
- ripeness
- sleight
- spirit
- style
- talkativeness
- verbal diarrhea
- verboseness
- verbosity
- vigor
- vivacity
- volubility
- volubleness
- willingness
- wit
- wittiness
- wordiness
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019