| Main Entry: | oratory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public speaking |
Synonyms: |
articulation, declamation, diction, elocution, eloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric, speaking, speech, speechifying, speechmaking |
| Main Entry: | church |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religious institution, building |
Synonyms: |
Lord's house, abbey, basilica, bethel, cathedral, chancel, chantry, chapel, fold, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, minster, mission, mosque, oratory, parish, sacellum, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle, temple |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal talk to audience |
Synonyms: |
address, allocution, appeal, bombast, chalk talk, commentary, debate, declamation, diatribe, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, eulogy, exhortation, harangue, homily, invocation, keynote, lecture, opus, oration, oratory, panegyric, paper, parlance, parley, pep talk, pitch, prelection, recitation, rhetoric, salutation, sermon, spiel*, stump, tirade, valedictory |
Antonyms: |
listening |
| Main Entry: | declamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ranting |
Synonyms: |
haranguing, oratory, speechifying, speechmaking, spouting |
| Main Entry: | public speaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delivering an address |
Synonyms: |
art of speaking, declamation, elocution, oratory, rhetoric, speaking, speechification, speechmaking, stump oratory, tub-thumping |
| 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 |