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speeches

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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Her political tools are hunger strikes, histrionic speeches and dramatic protest marches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

“When giving speeches, our presidents always say, ‘We are a country of immigrants,’ or ‘We came from the boats,’” says Martel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Suu Kyi spent around 15 of the following 20 years in detention, largely at her Yangon home where she often roused crowds with speeches over her boundary wall.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

With a charm and humour that many British politicians would envy, he used his two speeches to praise the US, its people and its leaders in a way that perhaps only an outsider could venture.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Large crowds flocked to his exciting speeches, in which he vividly told the story of his early life in bondage and escape from the cruelty he had known.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis