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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
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#249 | address | |
#562 | language | |
#816 | talk | |
#1145 | taking | |
#1533 | floor | |
#2208 | talking | |
#2544 | speak | |
#2557 | speech | |
#3220 | speaking | |
#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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He was speaking from his heart and speaking from what we’ve seen on television, which is barbaric actions by a brutal dictator through his invasion of a foreign country.
When you see a lichen, you're basically looking at all fungal tissue, with some algal cells hidden away and protected inside, loosely speaking, it's like a greenhouse -- the fungus creates a more hospitable environment for the algae.
Speaking of The New York Times, they did some groundbreaking reporting recently.
I would just make the broad point that if you go back and look at press reporting from the time, this certainly was not secret, and governments that were involved were speaking to this publicly, on the record.
We're not here to make the final determination, as has previously been reported, General Flynn briefed the Defense Intelligence Agency, a component agency of DoD, extensively regarding the RT speaking event trip both before and after the trip, and he answered any questions that were posed by DIA concerning the trip during those briefings.
Translations for speaking
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- SprechenGerman
- berbicaraIndonesian
- 話すJapanese
- 말하기Korean
- речь, разгово́р, выступле́ние, говоря́щий, говоре́ниеRussian
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