Synonyms for Speaking
ˈspi kɪŋspeak·ing

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1. speakingnoun

   Expressive; eloquent.

   The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.

   Antonyms:
   unspeaking

2. speakingadjective

   Involving speaking.

   It was her first speaking part: she screamed.

   Antonyms:
   nonspeaking

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. speaking

   Speech is the general word for utterance of thought in language. A speech may be the delivering of one's sentiments in the simplest way; an oration is an elaborate and prepared speech; a harangue is a vehement appeal to passion, or a speech that has something disputatious and combative in it. A discourse is a set speech on a definite subject, intended to convey instruction. Compare CONVERSATION; DICTION; LANGUAGE.

   Synonyms:
   address, address, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, harangue, language, oration, oratory, sermon, speech, talk, utterance

   Antonyms:
   hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity

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1. speaking, speech productionnoun

   the utterance of intelligible speech

   Synonyms:
   oral presentation, speechmaking, public speaking, speech production, speaking

2. public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentationadjective

   delivering an address to a public audience

   "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking"

   Synonyms:
   speech production, speechmaking, public speaking, oral presentation, speaking

3. speaking(a)adjective

   capable of or involving speech or speaking

   "human beings--the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play"

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1. speakingnoun

   Synonyms:
   talk, discourse

2. speakingnoun

   Synonyms:
   elocution, declamation, oratory

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "speaking":

   talking, talk, speech, floor, speak, speaks, referring, intervention, discussing, taking

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How to use Speaking in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   Generally speaking I'm not big on endorsements.

2. Chris Sanders:

   Taylor Swift has been a long-time ally to the LGBTQ community, she sees our struggle in Tennessee and continues to add her voice with so many good people, including religious leaders, who are speaking out for love in the face of fear.

3. Sunny Hostin:

   There was something chivalrous about Joe Biden saying, you know, if Joe Biden said that and we were in high school I ’d take Joe Biden out back and I ’d kick Joe Biden butt, i thought, Joy Behar know, there’s something about that. Because Joe Biden was also speaking at an event where Joe Biden was encouraging men to stick up for women, not be just bystanders. So I don’t know.

4. David Opoti Inzofu a pastor:

   People are fearing that when you're speaking about sex or when you're speaking about sex education, it's like losing your values, there is no day I can remember where my mother or my father sat with me and discussed with me about sex. Never.

5. Abu El Hosna:

   Suddenly I see this guy not far from us ... he looks at us and he's shooting at us. At first I brought my colleague to safety. And then I hid behind a tree, but the guy was moving toward us and continued to shoot, i was speaking to him, I said 'Is this about religion? I am Muslim, we are all Muslim here,' and I was speaking in Arabic so that he would stop, but he didn't stop.