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Antonyms for rhetorical question
| Grammar : Noun |
Definition of rhetorical question
- As in open question : noun undecided issue
- As in answer : noun reply; reaction
- It is no long step from this to the rhetorical question and its formal answer "ay but——."
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- It is a rhetorical question purely, but she does not want to play.
- Extract from : « Seductio Ad Absurdum » by Emily Hahn
- Hush, Charles; it's a rhetorical question; he wants to answer it himself.
- Extract from : « Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays » by Various
- Yet a rhetorical question deserves to be raised: Does anyone know everything about sex?
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- He emitted a tremulous sigh before answering his own rhetorical question.
- Extract from : « The Competitive Nephew » by Montague Glass
- For a moment he was pulled up, when to his rhetorical question, "What has Home Rule meant to us?"
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, April 7, 1920 » by Various
- Carlisle perceived a rhetorical question, though she didn't know it under that name; she made no reply.
- Extract from : « V. V.'s Eyes » by Henry Sydnor Harrison
Synonyms for rhetorical question
- acknowledgment
- antiphon
- anybody's guess
- back talk
- backcap
- Band-Aid
- close
- comeback
- comment
- cooler
- counterclaim
- crack
- defense
- disclosure
- echo
- elucidation
- explanation
- feedback
- guff
- interpretation
- justification
- key
- lip
- loose end
- observation
- parting shot
- pay dirt
- plea
- question
- quick fix
- rebuttal
- refutation
- rejoinder
- remark
- repartee
- report
- resolution
- response
- result
- retort
- return
- rhetorical question
- riposte
- sign
- solution
- statement
- thank-you note
- the ticket
- topper
- toss of a coin
- vindication
- wisecrack
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