speech - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

Synonyms

• language
• speech

More generic

• faculty
• mental faculty
• module

Related

• lexicon
• lexis
• mental lexicon
• vocabulary

Noun

a lengthy rebuke

Synonyms

• lecture
• speech
• talking to

More generic

• rebuke
• reprehension
• reprimand
• reproof
• reproval

More specific

• curtain lecture
• preaching
• sermon

Noun

words making up the dialogue of a play

Synonyms

• actor's line
• speech
• words

More generic

• line

More specific

• aside
• cue
• monologue
• soliloquy
• throwaway

Related

• dialog
• dialogue

Noun

your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

Synonyms

• delivery
• manner of speaking
• speech

More generic

• expressive style
• style

More specific

• address
• catch
• elocution
• inflection
• modulation
• prosody
• shibboleth
• tone
• tone of voice
• tongue

Related

• paralanguage
• paralinguistic communication

Noun

(language) communication by word of mouth

Synonyms

• language
• oral communication
• speech
• speech communication
• spoken communication
• spoken language
• voice communication

More generic

• auditory communication

More specific

• charm
• conversation
• dictation
• discussion
• expression
• give-and-take
• idiolect
• locution
• magic spell
• magical spell
• monologue
• non-standard speech
• orthoepy
• pronunciation
• saying
• soliloquy
• spell
• word
• words

Noun

the exchange of spoken words

Synonyms

• speech

More generic

• speaking
• speech production

Noun

something spoken

Synonyms

• speech

More generic

• utterance
• vocalization

Noun

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

Synonyms

• address
• speech

More generic

• speech act

More specific

• allocution
• colloquium
• discourse
• dithyramb
• impromptu
• inaugural
• inaugural address
• lecture
• litany
• oral presentation
• oratory
• preaching
• public lecture
• public speaking
• sermon
• speaking
• speechmaking
• talk

Related

• body
• close
• closing
• conclusion
• end
• ending
• introduction

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