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speech

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

Example Sentences

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Months before the 2010 election that returned him to power, he outlined a vision in a speech to supporters that he said would keep him in power for 20 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In his January speech, Leo did not name Trump but lamented that dialogue was being replaced by "diplomacy based on force", and that war was "back in vogue".

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Cooke said the federation's decision to suspend him had breached his right to free speech and he had been "the victim of a witch hunt".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

That was a message Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson, owner of the family-run chain, delivered in a speech posted this week on YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Its voice was rusty, as if its tongue were unused to speech.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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