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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Speeches: One possibility is for Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed members to adopt more symmetry when they talk about the rate outlook.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Speeches honoring the SAG-AFTRA strike, by President Fran Drescher and others, because unions make us strong.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024

Speeches and select performances are usually uploaded to YouTube the following day.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

Speeches can be fonts of evocative language, barbs and gauzily veiled messages.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2023

Speeches by Gerbrandy, the Prime Minister of Belgium, King Haakon of Norway, de Gaulle of France, the King of England and, last but not least, Churchill.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank