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diction - 17 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | diction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style of speech; articulation |
| Synonyms: | delivery, elocution, eloquence, expression, fluency, gift of gab*, inflection, intonation, language, line, lingo, locution, oratory, parlance, phrase, phraseology, pronunciation, rhetoric, usage, verbiage, vocabulary, wording, command of language, enunciation, phrasing, verbalism, wordage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elocution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | articulation |
| Synonyms: | declamation, delivery, diction, dramatic, eloquence, expression, locution, oratory, pronunciation, public speaking, reading, rhetoric, speech, utterance, enunciation, speechcraft, speechmaking, voice culture, voice production |
| Antonyms: | inarticulation, mispronouncement |
| Main Entry: | eloquence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skillful way with words |
| Synonyms: | ability, appeal, articulation, delivery, diction, dramatic, expression, facility, fervor, flow, fluency, force, gift of gab*, loquacity, oration, oratory, passion, persuasiveness, poise, power, rhetoric, spirit, style, vigor, vivacity, wit, command of language, expressiveness, expressivity, forcefulness, grandiloquence, meaningfulness, mellifluousness, volubility, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | dullness, inarticulateness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | language |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of words for communication |
| Synonyms: | accent, argot, articulation, cant, communication, conversation, dialect, diction, dictionary, discourse, expression, gibberish, idiom, interchange, jargon, lexicon, palaver, parlance, patois, phraseology, prose, signal, slang, sound, speech, style, talk, terminology, tongue, utterance, vernacular, vocabulary, voice, word, wording, brogue, doublespeak, lingua franca, verbalization, vocalization |
| Notes: | don't use 'language' when you mean 'writing system' - Chinese is a spoken language with no characters; the Chinese writing system uses thousands of characters |
| Main Entry: | locution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | phrasing |
| Synonyms: | accent, articulation, dialect, diction, expression, inflection, language, phraseology |
| Main Entry: | oratory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public speaking |
| Synonyms: | articulation, declamation, diction, elocution, eloquence, rhetoric, speaking, speech, grandiloquence, speechifying, speechmaking |
| Main Entry: | parlance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idiom |
| Synonyms: | argot, colloquialism, dialect, diction, expression, idiosyncrasy, jargon, language, lingo*, locution, patois, phrase, speech, talk, tongue, vernacular, localism, provincialism, set phrase, street talk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | phrase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of words; way of speaking |
| Synonyms: | byword, catchphrase, catchword, diction, expression, idiom, locution, maxim, motto, parlance, phraseology, remark, saying, shibboleth, slogan, tag, terminology, utterance, verbiage, watchword, wording, phrasing, styling, verbalism, wordage |
| Main Entry: | terminology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wording |
| Synonyms: | diction, jargon, language, lingo, locution, nomenclature, phraseology, vocabulary, words, choice of words, onomastics, phrasing, turn of phrase, wordage |
| Main Entry: | wording |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of expressing a thought |
| Synonyms: | diction, language, locution, manner, mode, parlance, phraseology, style, terminology, words, choice of words, phrasing, turn of phrase, wordage |
| Main Entry: | pronunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | articulation |
| Synonyms: | diction, elocution, inflection, intonation, utterance, accentuation, enunciation, voicing |
| Main Entry: | articulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clear, coherent speech |
| Synonyms: | delivery, diction, expression, pronunciation, saying, speaking, statement, talking, utterance, enunciation, verbalization, vocalization, voicing |
| Antonyms: | mispronunciation |
| Main Entry: | expression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbalization |
| Synonyms: | announcement, argument, articulation, assertion, commentary, communication, declaration, definition, delivery, diction, elucidation, emphasis, execution, explanation, exposition, idiom, interpretation, intonation, issue, language, locution, mention, narration, phrase, phraseology, pronouncement, remark, rendition, speaking, speech, statement, style, term, utterance, vent, voice, word, writ, asseveration, choice of words, enunciation, formulation, phrasing, set phrase, turn of phrase, voicing |
| Main Entry: | speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk |
| Synonyms: | accent, articulation, communication, conversation, dialect, dialogue, diction, discussion, double talk, elocution, expression, idiom, intercourse, jargon, language, lingo, locution, mother tongue, palaver, parlance, prattle, pronunciation, prose, speaking, spiel, tone, tongue, utterance, vernacular, voice, doublespeak, enunciation, expressing, native tongue, oral communication, verbalization, vocal expression, vocalization, vocalizing, voicing |
| Antonyms: | listening, quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | cant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jargon |
| Synonyms: | argot, dialect, diction, idiom, language, lingo, patois, patter, phraseology, slang, vernacular, vocabulary |
| Antonyms: | standard |
| Main Entry: | delivery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | articulation of message |
| Synonyms: | accent, diction, elocution, emphasis, inflection, intonation, modulation, pronunciation, speech, utterance, enunciation |
| Antonyms: | quiet, secrecy |
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of speaking, writing, expressing oneself |
| Synonyms: | diction, expression, phraseology, treatment, vein, wording, mode of expression, phrasing, turn of phrase |
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