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

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

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. Bernard Swiecki:

   Essentially, automotive supply chains treat that border as it would a state border, financially speaking, that international border might as well not be there.

2. Jason Verstak:

   Thanks to technological innovations, synthetic carpets are becoming softer and more luxurious all the time, generally speaking, they are more cost-efficient, hard-wearing and stain-resistant than pure wool carpets.

3. Charles Krauthammer:

   He has been there in Wisconsin… He took on the unions, was challenged again and again, overwhelming opposition from Democrats around the country pouring in money against him. And he succeeded, it was much more a governor than a president speaking, but I think that’s why he’s appealing. It’s a straightforward campaign with conservative principles.

4. Bill Hemmer:

   He was speaking for all those people, and he started a hunger drive for them. I mean, that's a pretty good way to start if you ask me, so when you're local, and you're born and bred, yeah, there's an immediate attachment.

5. Ron DeSantis:

   With mental health, what I noticed in traveling the state and speaking with a lot of kids is that if they come forward and say that they have a mental health issue, that they feel like a victim and that there's a stigma associated with it.