Synonyms for Speech
spitʃspeech

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1. speech

   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, speaking, talk, utterance

   Antonyms:
   hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity

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1. speech

   Synonyms:
   address, oration, harangue, discourse

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1. address, speechnoun

   the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

   "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

   Synonyms:
   computer address, spoken communication, savoir-faire, delivery, reference, manner of speaking, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, lecture, address, language, spoken language, destination, name and address, speech

2. speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communicationnoun

   (language) communication by word of mouth

   "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

   Synonyms:
   words, manner of speaking, spoken communication, terminology, delivery, linguistic process, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, lecture, voice communication, oral communication, lyric, linguistic communication, address, language, spoken language, nomenclature, speech

3. speechnoun

   something spoken

   "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"

   Synonyms:
   words, manner of speaking, talking to, lecture, delivery, spoken language, oral communication, actor's line, spoken communication, address, speech communication, language, voice communication

4. speechnoun

   the exchange of spoken words

   "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"

   Synonyms:
   words, manner of speaking, talking to, lecture, delivery, spoken language, oral communication, actor's line, spoken communication, address, speech communication, language, voice communication

5. manner of speaking, speech, deliverynoun

   your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

   "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

   Synonyms:
   pitch, manner of speaking, oral communication, delivery, spoken communication, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, livery, voice communication, spoken language, obstetrical delivery, lecture, rescue, address, deliverance, language, legal transfer, bringing, speech, saving

6. lecture, speech, talking tonoun

   a lengthy rebuke

   "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"

   Synonyms:
   manner of speaking, spoken communication, talk, delivery, lecturing, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, public lecture, lecture, address, language, spoken language, speech

7. actor's line, speech, wordsnoun

   words making up the dialogue of a play

   "the actor forgot his speech"

   Synonyms:
   manner of speaking, spoken communication, wrangle, run-in, delivery, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, quarrel, lecture, dustup, address, row, language, lyric, spoken language, speech

8. language, speechnoun

   the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

   "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"

   Synonyms:
   nomenclature, spoken communication, terminology, delivery, linguistic process, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, lyric, linguistic communication, address, language, spoken language, manner of speaking, speech, lecture

Matched Categories

1. • Auditory Communication
   • Expressive Style
   • Language
   • Line
   • Speaking
   • Speech Act
   • Utterance

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1. homilynoun

   Submitted by Providence on July 18, 2023  

2. monolouges

   Submitted by anonymous on August 16, 2020  

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1. speechnoun

   Synonyms:
   articulate utterance

2. speechnoun

   Synonyms:
   language, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, LINGO

3. speechnoun

   Synonyms:
   talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, oral communication

4. speechnoun

   Synonyms:
   oration, discourse, address, harangue

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1. speechadjective

   Synonyms:
   utterance, speaking, language, talk, conversation, parlance, words, tongue, dialect, patois, discourse, oration, address, plea, declamation, dissertation, epilogue, allocution, exhortation, disquisition, effusion, descant, harangue, diatribe, tirade, screed, rhapsody, philippic, invective, rant, soliloquy, monologue, dialogue, colloquy, trialogue, interlocution, improvisation, toast, equivocation, prevarication, quibbling, ambages, pseudology, amphibology, amphiboly, dilogy

   Associated words:
   extempore, extemporaneous, extemporize, extemporization, impromptu, improvise, improvisation, brogue, aphasia, amnesia, oratory, elocution, rhetoric, oratorical, rhetorical, rhetorician, elocutionary, peroration, voluble, volubility, fluent, fluency

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1. List of paraphrases for "speech":

   discourse, speeches, intervention, expression, address, discours, statement, discourses, floor, voice, speaking, rhetoric, talk, contribution, word, network, remarks, phrase, sermon, lecture, response, speak, term

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1. List of known nicknames for "Speech":

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1. Marty Block:

   We have learned that the purveyors of hate tragically often follow their vile speech with criminal acts of terror, we've seen it around the world. I pray that's not going to be the case in this instance.

2. City Council member Regina Romero:

   The pods and tents and chairs have gone beyond free speech. It's becoming an infringement on others' rights.

3. Jim Steinle:

   A day later, he reiterated his campaign promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2015, prior to Kate’s law being passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, Trump tweeted that he supported the law. In another tweet, he criticized former President Barack Obama's reaction to the shooting. During his speech at the Republican National Convention as the GOP presidential nominee, Trump mentioned Steinlein his speech. But where was the sanctuary for Kate Steinle ? Where was sanctuary for the children of Mary Ann, Sabine and Jamiel Where was sanctuary for all the other - ah it's so sad to even be talking about it cause we can solve this problem so quickly, he said during the speech, referencing sanctuary cities. I don't pay too much attention to it, you know, they're going to say what they're going to say. I really have no say in what's going to be put out there, Brad Steinle said in response to Trump's comments, according to a 2016 interview withABC 7. Jim Steinle told theSan Francisco Chroniclethe family was saddened and shocked by the verdict. There's no other way you can coin it. Justice was rendered, but it was not served.

4. Lawrence Jacobs:

   She’s soft-spoken. She would prefer to be in a room negotiating or talking with people than giving a political speech. That’s not really her style, she can do it, but it’s something that she’s had to learn.

5. Kate Hardiman:

   I think that the majority of Notre Dame students are committed to free speech and open dialogue on campus and that these protests are being driven by a very vocal minority who seek to disrupt the event, this is part of a larger trend of students who want to shut down ideas that Notre Dame students find disagreeable. The irony is that ‘ tolerance ’ is the watchword on campuses these days, yet only certain ideas are apparently worthy of being tolerated.