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. Gavin Newsom:

   You can't put borders up, speaking of borders, to a neighboring state where you can buy this damn stuff legally, i have no problem with the Second Amendment, you have a right to bear arms, but not weapons of goddamned mass destruction.

2. Rystad Energy Audun Martinsen:

   Geographically speaking, Subsea 7 and McDermott are a perfect match.

3. The CDC Staples:

   Where we saw the biggest jump was after it reached the Spanish-speaking countries in the region.

4. Pope Francis:

   This is a serious disease that begins simply when people chatter, and it takes over the person, turning the person as a Satan, and in so many cases people are speaking ill about their own colleagues and brothers and sisters. These people haven't got the courage to speak directly, and they speak about others behind their backs, dear brothers, let us be aware and guard against the terrorism of gossip.

5. Betsy Billard:

   Typically speaking, presidents don’t move the market, the Fed controls monetary policy. A president doesn’t move interest rates. The Fed moves them.