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Synonyms for speech
spitʃspeech
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, utteranceAntonyms:
hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity
Princeton's WordNet
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 addressspeech, 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, nomenclaturespeechnoun
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 communicationspeechnoun
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 communicationmanner 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, savinglecture, 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 languageactor'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 languagelanguage, 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, lecture
Editors Contribution
homilynoun
Submitted by Providence on July 18, 2023monolouges
Dictionary of English Synonymes
speechnoun
Synonyms:
articulate utterancespeechnoun
Synonyms:
language, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, LINGOspeechnoun
Synonyms:
talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, oral communicationspeechnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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, dilogyAssociated words:
extempore, extemporaneous, extemporize, extemporization, impromptu, improvise, improvisation, brogue, aphasia, amnesia, oratory, elocution, rhetoric, oratorical, rhetorical, rhetorician, elocutionary, peroration, voluble, volubility, fluent, fluency
Nicknames
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#249 | address | |
#310 | network | |
#562 | language | |
#666 | reference | |
#673 | delivery | |
#676 | term | |
#795 | statement | |
#810 | word | |
#816 | talk | |
#881 | words | |
#955 | response | |
#1252 | voice | |
#1533 | floor | |
#2523 | destination | |
#2544 | speak | |
#2553 | expression | |
#2557 | speech | |
#2691 | row | |
#3220 | speaking | |
#3544 | saving | |
#3626 | contribution | |
#4316 | lecture | |
#4357 | bringing | |
#4572 | rescue | |
#5017 | phrase | |
#5406 | intervention | |
#5780 | remarks | |
#6268 | pitch | |
#8043 | lyric | |
#8361 | speeches | |
#9890 | terminology | |
#10940 | dissertation | |
#11225 | discourse | |
#13286 | rhetoric | |
#14704 | sermon | |
#21457 | nomenclature | |
#30783 | deliverance | |
#30787 | discourses | |
#32204 | utterance | |
#34281 | livery | |
#36034 | quarrel | |
#40585 | lecturing | |
#54436 | oratory | |
#69211 | oration | |
#92592 | wrangle | |
#110358 | discours | |
#130574 | harangue | |
#269680 | disquisition |
How to use speech in a sentence?
He should have said that then, right? he’s the president making the address about his policy. How is he going to do the whole speech about his slogans and not tell me what the actual policy is? We’re going to fund the police, so we can do this or that or the other thing. He doesn’t say that. He just wanted that sound bite, fund the police … to get Republicans off his back.
With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech unsanctioned, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied - chains us all irrevocably.
The country has only been shown a portion of my speech, which has been selective, if it were true that I said 'foreigners must go' this country would be up in flames.
Let me speak for myself, i chose not to attend because I did not want to appear as endorsing Benjamin Netanyahu, who was to be giving a speech at the ceremony.
Outgoing Speaker Pelosi should worry about members of her own caucus, like the squad, who were just as unhappy with Biden’s speech as I was.
Translations for speech
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- خِطاب, حَديث, كلام, حديث, خطبةArabic
- телмәрBashkir
- мо́ва, гаво́рка, прамо́ваBelarusian
- говор, реч, го́ворBulgarian
- parla, discursCatalan, Valencian
- projev, řečCzech
- рѣчь, ⱃⱑⱍⱐOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- lleferyddWelsh
- Sprache, Rede, AnspracheGerman
- λόγος, ομιλία, αγόρευσηGreek
- paroladoEsperanto
- discurso, hablaSpanish
- kõneEstonian
- mintzamenBasque
- صحبت, گفتار, سخن, کلام, سخنرانیPersian
- puheFinnish
- parole, discoursFrench
- urlabhra, caint, labhairt, óráidIrish
- דיבור, הַרְצָאָהHebrew
- भाषणHindi
- lapawòlHaitian Creole
- beszédHungarian
- ճառ, ելույթ, խոսքArmenian
- pidatoIndonesian
- málfar, tala, mæli, framburður, mál, málhæfileiki, tal, ávarp, ræðaIcelandic
- parola, discorsoItalian
- スピーチ, 演説Japanese
- სიტყვაGeorgian
- 演說, 연설Korean
- locutio, eloquiumLatin
- Sprooch, Usprooch, RiedLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- pranešimas, prakalba, kalba, šnekaLithuanian
- runaLatvian
- го́вор, речMacedonian
- taleNorwegian
- toespraak, speech, redevoering, spraakDutch
- tale, stemmeNorwegian
- saadNavajo, Navaho
- paraulaOccitan
- mowa, przemówieniePolish
- discurso, falaPortuguese
- cuvântare, discurs, vorbireRomanian
- речь, го́вор, выступле́ние, спич, дар ре́чиRussian
- gȍvōr, го̏во̄рSerbo-Croatian
- rečSlovak
- govorSlovene
- fjalimAlbanian
- talSwedish
- ఉపన్యాసం, ప్రసంగంTelugu
- konuşma, sözTurkish
- го́вір, промо́ва, мо́ваUkrainian
- ngôn từ, lời nóiVietnamese
- 言语Chinese
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