Definition of voluble:
- Changeable; unstable; fickle.
- Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
- Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants.
- Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue.
longwinded, colloquial, definite, bantering, flat, fluent, imperative, blithering, halting, conversational, blathering, words, babbling, glib, chatty, flatly, talkative, blathering, prattling, gabbling, yappy, loquacious, study at talkative, jabbering, gibbering, garrulous, mouthy, brokenly, talky, gabby.
- ornately spoken or written (part of speech: adjective)
- verbose (part of speech: adjective)
- talkative (part of speech: adjective)
His housekeeper, a fat, dark, voluble woman with prominent black eyes, who minded the shop in the master's absence, told us that Mr. Brownjohn had gone to a neighbouring farm- house on important business, but was expected back shortly.- "Afoot in England", W.H. Hudson.
- "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
- "The Exploits of Elaine", Arthur B. Reeve.