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

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speeches

She writes his speeches, manages his appointments and butters up an important colleague with the gift of a ceramic pig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

This story became central to his campaign, a staple of speeches, and in the end, a crucial linchpin for his financial support.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

He has not taken questions from journalists after speeches and has so far given an interview only to Andrew Marr on LBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Watching them taught me that democracy depends less on grand speeches than on ordinary people showing up for their neighbors.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan’s mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass