Antonyms for doublespeak
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : duhb-uh l-speek |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌb əlˌspik |
- admit
- allow
- be honest
- certain
- consequential
- disclose
- divulge
- expose
- feeling
- fruitful
- full
- important
- inform
- intelligent
- lay bare
- let out
- listening
- logical
- meaningful
- open
- productive
- profitable
- quiet
- rational
- reasonable
- reveal
- sense
- sensible
- show
- significant
- silence
- standard
- straighten
- substantial
- tell
- tell all
- tell truth
- uncover
- unmask
- useful
- valuable
- wise
- worthwhile
Definition of doublespeak
Origin :- 1957, from double (adj.) + speak, coined on model of doublethink in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (the language in that book was Newspeak).
- As in meaningless : adj without use, value, worth
- As in senseless : adj silly, meaningless
- As in jargon : noun specialized language; dialect
- As in language : noun system of words for communication
- As in speech : noun talk
- As in buzzword : noun popular word or phrase
- As in double talk : noun talk intended to confuse
- As in langue : noun language
- As in verbalization : noun speech
- As in misinform : verb give wrong information intentionally
- As in dissemble : verb disguise, pretend
Synonyms for doublespeak
- abracadabra
- absurd
- accent
- affect
- aimless
- argot
- articulation
- asinine
- babble
- bait and switch
- balderdash
- banality
- batty
- blank
- bombast
- brogue
- bunk
- buzzwords
- camouflage
- cant
- cliché
- cloak
- colloquialism
- commonplace term
- communication
- conceal
- conversation
- counterfeit
- cover
- cover up
- crazy
- daft
- deceive
- dialect
- dialogue
- diction
- dictionary
- discourse
- discussion
- disinform
- dissimulate
- doesn't cut it
- double talk
- double-talk
- doublespeak
- dress up
- drivel
- elocution
- empty
- enunciation
- expressing
- expression
- fake
- falsify
- fatuous
- feckless
- feign
- flaky
- foolish
- four-flush
- fustian
- futile
- fuzzword
- gibberish
- good-for-nothing
- hackneyed term
- hide
- hogwash
- hollow
- hot air
- idiom
- idiotic
- illogical
- imbecilic
- inane
- incongruous
- inconsequential
- inconsistent
- insignificant
- insipidity
- insubstantial
- interchange
- intercourse
- irrational
- jargon
- language
- lead astray
- let on
- lexicon
- lie
- lingo
- lingua franca
- locution
- ludicrous
- mad
- make like
- malarkey
- mask
- mediaspeak
- mindless
- misdirect
- misguide
- mislead
- misstate
- moronic
- mother tongue
- mousetrap
- mumbo jumbo
- native tongue
- neologism
- newspeak
- nonsense
- nonsensical
- nothing
- nugatory
- nutty
- oral communication
- overused term
- palaver
- parlance
- pass
- patois
- patter
- pervert
- phraseology
- play possum
- pointless
- policyspeak
- prattle
- prevaricate
- pronunciation
- prose
- purportless
- purposeless
- pussyfoot
- put on
- put on a false front
- put on a front
- put on an act
- put on false front
- put up a front
- put up a smoke screen
- put up smoke screen
- ridiculous
- rigmarole
- senseless
- sham
- shoptalk
- shroud
- shuck and jive
- signal
- signify
- simple
- simulate
- slang
- slanguage
- sophistry
- sound
- speaking
- speech
- spiel
- stale language
- stonewall
- street talk
- string along
- stupid
- style
- talk
- terminology
- tone
- tongue
- trifling
- trite language
- trivial
- twaddle
- unimportant
- unintelligent
- unmeaning
- unpurposed
- unreasonable
- unsound
- unwise
- usage
- useless
- utterance
- vacant
- vague
- vain
- valueless
- vapid
- verbalization
- vernacular
- vocabulary
- vocal expression
- vocalization
- vocalizing
- voice
- voicing
- wacky
- whitewash
- without rhyme or reason
- word
- wording
- worthless
- wrong steer
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