Synonyms for speech
spitʃspeech

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1. speech

   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, speaking, talk, utterance

   Antonyms:
   hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity

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1. speech

   Synonyms:
   address, oration, harangue, discourse

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1. address, speechnoun

   the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

   "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

   Synonyms:
   computer address, spoken communication, savoir-faire, delivery, reference, manner of speaking, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, lecture, address, language, spoken language, destination, name and address

2. speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communicationnoun

   (language) communication by word of mouth

   "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

   Synonyms:
   words, manner of speaking, spoken communication, terminology, delivery, linguistic process, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, lecture, voice communication, oral communication, lyric, linguistic communication, address, language, spoken language, nomenclature

3. speechnoun

   something spoken

   "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"

   Synonyms:
   words, manner of speaking, talking to, lecture, delivery, spoken language, oral communication, actor's line, spoken communication, address, speech communication, language, voice communication

4. speechnoun

   the exchange of spoken words

   "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"

   Synonyms:
   words, manner of speaking, talking to, lecture, delivery, spoken language, oral communication, actor's line, spoken communication, address, speech communication, language, voice communication

5. manner of speaking, speech, deliverynoun

   your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

   "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

   Synonyms:
   pitch, manner of speaking, oral communication, delivery, spoken communication, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, livery, voice communication, spoken language, obstetrical delivery, lecture, rescue, address, deliverance, language, legal transfer, bringing, saving

6. lecture, speech, talking tonoun

   a lengthy rebuke

   "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"

   Synonyms:
   manner of speaking, spoken communication, talk, delivery, lecturing, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, public lecture, lecture, address, language, spoken language

7. actor's line, speech, wordsnoun

   words making up the dialogue of a play

   "the actor forgot his speech"

   Synonyms:
   manner of speaking, spoken communication, wrangle, run-in, delivery, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, quarrel, lecture, dustup, address, row, language, lyric, spoken language

8. language, speechnoun

   the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

   "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"

   Synonyms:
   nomenclature, spoken communication, terminology, delivery, linguistic process, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, lyric, linguistic communication, address, language, spoken language, manner of speaking, lecture

Matched Categories

1. • Auditory Communication
   • Expressive Style
   • Language
   • Line
   • Speaking
   • Speech Act
   • Utterance

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1. homilynoun

   Submitted by Providence on July 18, 2023  

2. monolouges

   Submitted by anonymous on August 16, 2020  

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1. speechnoun

   Synonyms:
   articulate utterance

2. speechnoun

   Synonyms:
   language, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, LINGO

3. speechnoun

   Synonyms:
   talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, oral communication

4. speechnoun

   Synonyms:
   oration, discourse, address, harangue

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1. speechadjective

   Synonyms:
   utterance, speaking, language, talk, conversation, parlance, words, tongue, dialect, patois, discourse, oration, address, plea, declamation, dissertation, epilogue, allocution, exhortation, disquisition, effusion, descant, harangue, diatribe, tirade, screed, rhapsody, philippic, invective, rant, soliloquy, monologue, dialogue, colloquy, trialogue, interlocution, improvisation, toast, equivocation, prevarication, quibbling, ambages, pseudology, amphibology, amphiboly, dilogy

   Associated words:
   extempore, extemporaneous, extemporize, extemporization, impromptu, improvise, improvisation, brogue, aphasia, amnesia, oratory, elocution, rhetoric, oratorical, rhetorical, rhetorician, elocutionary, peroration, voluble, volubility, fluent, fluency

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1. List of paraphrases for "speech":

   discourse, speeches, intervention, expression, address, discours, statement, discourses, floor, voice, speaking, rhetoric, talk, contribution, word, network, remarks, phrase, sermon, lecture, response, speak, term

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1. List of known nicknames for "Speech":

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1. Donald Trump:

   Amy Schumer will stay in the US despite promise to leave if Donald Trump wins election Later in Donald Trump monologue, Donald Trump choked up and shared an emotional speech. I do really feel for the parents who had to explain this to their kids this morning, especially parents with daughters, because a lot of them, like me, probably thought Hillary would be our first woman president, but Amy Schumer wo n’t be. But that does mean that someone’s daughter is out there, right now, who will one day have that title. Whoever Seth Myers are, I hope I live to see Seth Myers inauguration. On ABC, Jimmy Kimmel told viewers Jimmy Kimmel was up all night watching the election coverage. It was a big surprise. I think it was even a big surprise to Donald Trump, Donald Trump said. Did Seth Myers see Donald Trump victory speech ? Donald Trump did n’t want this. Donald Trump wanted to win — but Donald Trump does n’t actually want to be President... Donald Trump plan was to go home to Mar-a-Lago, play 5,000 rounds of golf, phone in to Donald Trump TV every morning for 10 years and then die on the toilet !

2. Mary Margaret Bannister:

   You know, I was just listening to the speech and then it just kind of happened. He made eye contact with me.

3. John Cornyn:

   Saudi Arabia has a history of surreptitious and at times malign behavior in Saudi Arabia attempts to influence American public policy and freedom of speech in our own country, in 2016, the Saudi government used shell nonprofits to trick several American veterans into lobbying on its behalf against the Justice Against State Sponsors of Terrorism Act( P.L. 114 – 222). In 2018, Saudi Arabian operatives murdered U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its own consulate. In this 2014 file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a news conference in Manama, Bahrain. ( AP).

4. Heather Breese:

   The kids need to be able to have freedom of speech, i don’t think it was right for a teacher to rant the way she did and attack students.

5. Jimmy Kimmel:

   If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during this show you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.