| Main Entry: | eloquence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skillful way with words |
Synonyms: |
ability, appeal, articulation, command of language, delivery, diction, dramatic, expression, expressiveness, expressivity, facility, fervor, flow, fluency, force, forcefulness, gift of gab, grandiloquence, loquacity, meaningfulness, mellifluousness, oration, oratory, passion, persuasiveness, poise, power, rhetoric, spirit, style, vigor, vivacity, volubility, wit, wittiness |
Antonyms: |
dullness, inarticulateness |
| Main Entry: | diction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style of speech; articulation |
Synonyms: |
command of language, delivery, elocution, eloquence, enunciation, expression, fluency, gift of gab, inflection, intonation, language, line, lingo, locution, oratory, parlance, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronunciation, rhetoric, usage, verbalism, verbiage, vocabulary, wordage, wording |
| Main Entry: | elocution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | articulation |
Synonyms: |
declamation, delivery, diction, dramatic, eloquence, enunciation, expression, locution, oratory, pronunciation, public speaking, reading, rhetoric, speech, speechcraft, speechmaking, utterance, voice culture, voice production |
Antonyms: |
inarticulation, mispronouncement |
| Main Entry: | oratory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public speaking |
Synonyms: |
articulation, declamation, diction, elocution, eloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric, speaking, speech, speechifying, speechmaking |
| Main Entry: | readiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill; eagerness |
Synonyms: |
address, adroitness, alacrity, aptness, deftness, dexterity, dispatch, ease, eloquence, expedience, expedition, facility, fitness, fluency, good will, handiness, inclination, keenness, maturity, preparation, preparedness, promptitude, promptness, prowess, quickness, rapidity, ripeness, sleight, volubility, willingness |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, unpreparedness |
| Main Entry: | rhetoric |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wordiness; long speech |
Synonyms: |
address, balderdash, big talk, bombast, composition, discourse, elocution, eloquence, flowery language, fustian, grandiloquence, hot air, hyperbole, magniloquence, oration, oratory, pomposity, rant, verbosity |
Antonyms: |
conciseness |
| Main Entry: | fluency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ease of expression |
Synonyms: |
eloquence, facility, volubility |
| Main Entry: | way with words |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command of language |
Synonyms: |
articulateness, articulation, elocution, eloquence, expressiveness, facility of speech, fluency, gift of gab, oratory, silver tongue, word power |
| Main Entry: | magniloquence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pomposity |
Synonyms: |
boastful, bombast, eloquence, grandiloquence, grandiosity |
| Notes: | magniloquence refers to a language that is lofty and extravagant, whereas grandiloquence refers to a language that is pompous or bombastic |
| Main Entry: | grandiloquence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bombast |
Synonyms: |
boastful, claptrap, eloquence, fustian, grandiosity, magniloquence, orotundity, rant, turgidity |