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Synonyms for speaking
ˈspi kɪŋspeak·ing
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Wiktionary
speakingnoun
Expressive; eloquent.
The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.
Antonyms:
unspeakingspeakingadjective
Involving speaking.
It was her first speaking part: she screamed.
Antonyms:
nonspeaking
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, utteranceAntonyms:
hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity
Princeton's WordNet
speaking, speech productionnoun
the utterance of intelligible speech
Synonyms:
oral presentation, speechmaking, public speaking, speech productionpublic 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 presentationspeaking(a)adjective
capable of or involving speech or speaking
"human beings--the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
speakingnoun
speakingnoun
Synonyms:
elocution, declamation, oratory
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "speaking":
talking, talk, speech, floor, speak, speaks, referring, intervention, discussing, taking
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#562 | language | |
#816 | talk | |
#1145 | taking | |
#1533 | floor | |
#2208 | talking | |
#2544 | speak | |
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#5406 | intervention | |
#7396 | speaks | |
#7642 | referring | |
#8201 | discussing | |
#10940 | dissertation | |
#11225 | discourse | |
#14704 | sermon | |
#32204 | utterance | |
#54436 | oratory | |
#69211 | oration | |
#130574 | harangue | |
#269680 | disquisition |
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Before World War Two speaking in foreign languages was commonplace. You spoke in a different language with a Hungarian horse trader, a Jewish innkeeper or a Ukrainian peasant, that changed radically after the war.
We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves as active agents, in control of our own destinies and worthy of respect from others.
Many of the businesses we're speaking to are praying for an extension to Article 50, nearly all larger firms are now preparing for Brexit, after some came late to the party — however the timing of no-deal implementation planning remains highly variable.
(Speaking about Satchel Paige's pitching)It starts out like a baseball and when it gets to the plate, it looks like a marble.
We're doing everything in our power to be transparent, to talk about what's going on so far, but we want to reiterate that individual, single pieces of information and bits of rumors, we're going to hold off on speaking to those until we can collectively come to a conclusion and get you the truth that everybody deserves.
Translations for speaking
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- SprechenGerman
- berbicaraIndonesian
- 話すJapanese
- 말하기Korean
- речь, разгово́р, выступле́ние, говоря́щий, говоре́ниеRussian
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