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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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The speech "did not contain what the market had hoped for -- namely, indications of an end to the fighting", Jumpei Tanaka, of Pictet Asset Management, said.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Trump plans to deliver a speech on Wednesday evening to provide “an important update on Iran,” according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Wednesday night's speech did little immediately to reassure global oil markets that disruption to the Strait of Hormuz shipping route will ease anytime soon.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

“The labor market has been sending an unusual set of mixed signals,” John Williams, president of the New York Fed, said in a speech earlier this week.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

She halted and stumbled, line by line, making her way through only some of the speech.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.