Antonyms for Speaking
ˈspi kɪŋspeak·ing

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

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.

   Antonyms:
   hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

How to use Speaking in a sentence?

1. Jean Baran:

   This assumes the church is speaking. Are the pastors making the statements or Harris ?

2. Abundio Rene Cantu:

   This was not something Mike Mendoza was regularly involved in, but generally speaking … people sometimes may find themselves in a bind. And so they get caught up with somebody that knows somebody from a Mexican organization, and they offer the money to get involved into this type of activity.

3. Buzz Aldrin:

   Statistically speaking, you have a better chance of becoming an astronaut than picking a perfect bracket.

4. Ted Cruz:

   I think it says something that speaking at a college campus, on the entire campus, only two protesters come out and yell, i'll take those numbers any day.

5. James Stewart:

   Many of the businesses we're speaking to are praying for an extension to Article 50, nearly all larger firms are now preparing for Brexit, after some came late to the party — however the timing of no-deal implementation planning remains highly variable.

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