Sometimes he has difficulty being articulate about his views.
Source: tatoeba (1991)
Articulate
//ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt//
Synonyms for "articulate" (248 found)
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conjugateconnectcontrastiveconveycoordinatecopulatecouplecoverdefinitedeliverdemostheniandemosthenicdisclosedistinctdistinctivedovetaileasily understoodeasy to understandembraceemit
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encompassenunciateexotericexpressfacundfathomablefelicitousfling offfluentformulatefree spokenfree-speakingfree-spokengarrulousgathergivegive expressiongive out withgive tonguegive utteranceglibgluegoharmonizehasphearablehi fihi-fihigh-fidelityhingehitchhookimpartincludeintegrateintelligiblejamjoinjointedknotknowablelatchlay togetherleaguelet outlinkliplock
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Verb(5 words)
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loud-speakingloud-spokenlump togethermarrymarshalmassmeaningfulmergemethodizemitermobilizemortisemouthnailoralorderorganizeout withoutspokenpair
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pegpenetrablephonatephrasepiece togetherpinplainplain spokenplain-speakingplain-spokenplumbablepour forthprehensiblepresentproclaimprolixput forthput in wordsput togetherrabbetraisereadableregulaterelaterhetoricalrivetroll into onesayscarfscrewscrutableset forthsewsignificantsilversilver tonguedsilver-tonguedskewerslicksmoothsmooth tonguedsmooth-spokensmooth-tonguedsnapsoft spokensoft-speakingsoft-spokensoldersonantsoundspanspeakingspeech endowedspellbindingsplicespokenstaplestatestickstick togetherstitchsystematizetacktake intalkativetalkingtapetellthrow offtietoggletransparenttrue-speakingtullianunderstandableunifyuniteutterventventingverbalizeviva vocevocalvocalizevoicevoicedwedgeweldwell spokenwell-spokenwhisperwordyokezipper
Adjective(1 words)
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4 entriesderived
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16 entriesTranslations
126 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَلَفَّظَ verb (to speak clearly)
Armenian
1 entries- հոդաբաշխ adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отчетлив adj (clear, effective)
- ставен adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
- членоразделен adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- шарнирен adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
Catalan
1 entries- articulat adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 口齿伶俐的 adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- 有关节的 adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
- 有效的 adj (clear, effective)
- 清晰的 adj (clear, effective)
Czech
1 entries- artikulovat verb (to speak clearly)
Dutch
4 entries- duidelijk adj (clear, effective)
- efficiënt adj (clear, effective)
- gelede adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
- geleed adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
Esperanto
2 entries- elokventa adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- artikigi verb (anatomy: to form a joint)
Finnish
4 entries- nivel adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
- nivelletty adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
- selkeä adj (clear, effective)
- selväpuheinen adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
French
4 entries- articulé adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
- clair adj (clear, effective)
- éloquent adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- articuler verb (to make clear)
German
4 entries- effektiv adj (clear, effective)
- klar adj (clear, effective)
- redegewandt adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- sprachlich gewandt adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
Greek
4 entries- αρθρωτός adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
- ευκρινής adj (clear, effective)
- εύγλωττος adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- αποσαφηνίζω verb (to explain)
Hungarian
4 entries- artikulált adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- világos adj (clear, effective)
- érthető adj (clear, effective)
- artikulál verb (to speak clearly)
Ido
2 entries- artikular verb (to make clear)
- artikular verb (to speak clearly)
Irish
2 entries- cuir in iúl verb (to explain)
- fuaimnigh verb (to speak clearly)
Italian
2 entries- chiaro adj (clear, effective)
- eloquente adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
Latin
1 entries- ēloquens adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
Māori
4 entries- korokoro tūī adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- pūkōrero adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- wahapū adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- whakamahuki verb (to make clear)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- فصیح adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
Polish
4 entries- artykułować verb (to speak clearly)
- artykułować verb (music: to attack a note)
- wyartykułować verb (to speak clearly)
- wyartykułować verb (music: to attack a note)
Portuguese
4 entries- articulado adj (clear, effective)
- articulado adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- articulado adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
- articulável adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
Punjabi
4 entries- ਸਪੱਸ਼ਟ adj (clear, effective)
- ਸਾਫ਼ adj (clear, effective)
- ਸਪੱਸ਼ਟੀਕਰਨ ਦੇਣਾ verb (to make clear)
- ਸਾਫ਼ ਬੋਲਣਾ verb (to make clear)
Romanian
3 entries- elocvent adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- articula verb (to make clear)
- articula verb (to speak clearly)
Russian
2 entries- вырази́тельный adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- членоразде́льный adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- pongail adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- siùbhlach adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
Spanish
4 entries- articulado adj (able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals)
- claro adj (clear, effective)
- elocuente adj (speaking in a clear or effective manner)
- articular verb (to speak clearly)
Swedish
1 entries- artikulera verb (to speak clearly)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Only a handful of activists in our union are articulate.
Source: tatoeba (23362)
Our baby is not yet articulate.
Source: tatoeba (65542)
He works fast and is very articulate but his insincerity is his biggest defect.
Source: tatoeba (266072)
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