Synonyms 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.

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

   Antonyms:
   hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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"

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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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1. Francis Collins:

   I think I did several instances say I would not be willing to do that. Here’s probably the most respected knowledgeable infectious disease expert in the world who is basically getting in hot water because he’s speaking the truth to people that do n’t want to hear it ? Is that a reason for me to relieve him of his job ? No. I would not have been willing to do that. They would have had to fire me first.

2. Caren Bohan:

   Most public officials are likely to be more guarded on camera than they would be speaking to reporters without cameras. You are more likely to get' talking points' and less candid responses, that said, the more access there is, the better it is for the press and the public.

3. Laura Friedman:

   I think that what’s going to hurt Newsom in the end more than anything is not people speaking out, but him failing, so, the best way that I can keep him from being recalled is to help him succeed.

4. Councilmember Shook:

   My constituents don't compare Zone 2 crime stats to Zone 5 crime stats. They are human beings. They compare how they feel now about crime and how they think they remember feeling about crime 10 years ago, and I will tell you, statistics bear out the fact that their instincts and feelings are correct. Things are much worse here, relatively speaking, than they were 10 years ago.

5. Lu Shanlong:

   The decline in the water levels of the Poyang lake is caused by many reasons, but generally speaking it is mainly the impact of engineering, including the Three Gorges Dam, the best way to solve it should be to optimise the way it is currently engineered, and not add even more engineering.