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Synonyms for rhetoric
ˈrɛt ər ɪkrhetoric

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 3 votes

  1. rhetoricnoun

    using language effectively to please or persuade

    Synonyms:
    empty words, empty talk, hot air, ornateness, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palaver

  2. grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoricnoun

    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

    "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"

    Synonyms:
    elaborateness, empty talk, hot air, ornateness, empty words, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palaver

  3. palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoricnoun

    loud and confused and empty talk

    "mere rhetoric"

    Synonyms:
    empty talk, blandishment, cajolery, hot air, ornateness, empty words, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palaver

  4. rhetoricnoun

    study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)

    Synonyms:
    empty words, empty talk, hot air, ornateness, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palaver

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rhetoricnoun

    Synonyms:
    art of composition

  2. rhetoricnoun

    Synonyms:
    oratory, elocution, eloquence, science of oratory

  3. rhetoricnoun

    Synonyms:
    declamation, artificial eloquence

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "rhetoric":

    rhetorical, speech, discourse, oratory

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#54436oratory
#119502palaver
#163488grandiosity

How to use rhetoric in a sentence?

  1. Hillary Clinton:

    I don't have to wait to become president to take a stand right here and right now against the divisive rhetoric that demonizes immigrants and their families.

  2. Mady Gosselin:

    The rhetoric in so many of my comments about childhood trauma and healing and whatever you want to say about my family, my life, my parents, whatever is not your business, as is the case wit every other person in the entire world it is not anybody else’s business what they are dealing with behind closed doors if they don’t want it to be your business.

  3. The US:

    We call on( North Korea) to refrain from provocative, destabilizing actions and rhetoric, and to make the strategic choice to fulfill North Korea international obligations and commitments and return to serious talks, north Korea's unlawful weapons programs represent a clear, grave threat to The US national security.

  4. European Council:

    In October, we defined a positive agenda, we reached out our hand, turkey must stop its provocations, its hostile rhetoric.

  5. Rawiri Waititi:

    Over the past two weeks, there has been racist propaganda and rhetoric towards tangata whenua, that not only is insulting, but diminishes the manner of this House.


Translations for rhetoric

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  • بلاغةArabic
  • rétorika, floskule, řečnictvíCzech
  • retorik, kancellistil, velformuleretDanish
  • RhetorikGerman
  • retóricaSpanish
  • بلاغتPersian
  • puhetaito, retoriikkaFinnish
  • rhétoriqueFrench
  • reitric, roscaireachtIrish
  • वक्रपटुताHindi
  • հռետորաբանությունArmenian
  • retoriek, redekunde, retoricaDutch
  • retóricaPortuguese
  • пустосло́вие, красноре́чие, рито́рика, риторика, пустозво́нство, красноба́йство, фразёрство, словоблу́диеRussian
  • gòvōrnīštvo, retòrikaSerbo-Croatian
  • рето́рикаUkrainian
  • بیاناتUrdu
  • 修辭Chinese

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