speech
- noun (n)
Meaning: talk
Synonyms:
accent
articulation
communication
conversation
dialect
dialogue
diction
discussion
doublespeak
double talk
elocution
enunciation
expressing
expression
idiom
intercourse
jargon
language
lingo
locution
mother tongue
native tongue
oral communication
palaver
parlance
prattle
pronunciation
prose
speaking
spiel
tone
tongue
utterance
verbalization
vernacular
vocal expression
vocalization
vocalizing
voice
voicing
- noun (n)
Meaning: formal talk to audience
Synonyms:
address
allocution
appeal
bombast
chalk talk
commentary
debate
declamation
diatribe
discourse
disquisition
dissertation
eulogy
exhortation
harangue
homily
invocation
keynote
lecture
opus
oration
oratory
panegyric
paper
parlance
parley
pep talk
pitch
prelection
recitation
rhetoric
salutation
sermon
spiel
stump
tirade
valedictory
Antonyms:
listening
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