What's the word for a person who possesses extensive vocabulary? [duplicate]

Words to describe people with good/poor vocabularies. I am looking for words which I can use to describe characters and I would also like to describe their vocabularies, and explain how their vocabularies stem from their upbringing

Solution 1:

Apparently there isn't a single good word for this. You'll go around and around defining your word.

articulate: having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently. eloquent: fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing. fluent: able to express oneself easily and articulately. expressive: effectively conveying thought or feeling. communicative: ready to talk or impart information. cogent: clear, logical, and convincing. loquacious: tending to talk a great deal; talkative. verbose: using or expressed in more words than are needed.

To express this concept, I think you need two words: well-spoken, perhaps: 1. (Linguistics) having a clear, articulate, and socially acceptable accent and way of speaking 2. spoken satisfactorily or pleasingly

The opposite word does not seem to exist either. bumbling might work, except it carries a physical connotation as well, as do inept, muddled, etc.

Solution 2:

A wordsmith is a skilled user (or maker) of words.

A logophile is a lover of words.

A logodaedalus is cunning in words.

Someone with a poor vocabulary is necessarily illiterate or has had elementary instruction - in other words they are abecedary or abecedarian. (OED)

Solution 3:

an extensive or sophisticated or impressive or broad vocabulary

vs

a limited or monosyllabic or rudimentary vocabulary