Antonyms for speech
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : speech |
| Phonetic Transcription : spitʃ |
Definition of speech
Origin :- Old English spæc "act of speaking, manner of speaking, formal utterance," variant of spræc, related to sprecan, specan "to speak" (see speak), from Proto-Germanic *sprækijo (cf. German Sprache "speech"). The spr- forms were extinct in English by 1200. Meaning "address delivered to an audience" first recorded 1580s. Speechify "talk in a pompous, pontifical way" first recorded 1723.
- And I honor the man who is willing to sinkHalf his present repute for the freedom to think,And, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak,Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak,Caring naught for what vengeance the mob has in store,Let that mob be the upper ten thousand or lower.[James Russell Lowell, "A Fable for Critics," 1848]
- noun talk
- noun formal talk to audience
- It means the "science of the sound which is made by our speech."
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- But Brother Stukely had been for some time rendered incapable of speech.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- But sweet beyond words had been this speech from the bartender.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Among his friends his speech was anticipated with lively interest.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- He has made a speech, and dedicated it to German fame for ever.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- On the 5th of February the king attended and delivered the speech from the throne in person.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- "I wonder if you are as glad to see me as I am to see you, Grace," was her first speech.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- It seemed as if so much soul had never been put into a Saxon speech.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Now the hard-hearted Bella interlards her speech with invective!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- There were three candidates to be heard from and his speech was to be the last in order.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
Synonyms for speech
- accent
- address
- allocution
- appeal
- articulation
- bombast
- chalk talk
- commentary
- communication
- conversation
- debate
- declamation
- dialect
- dialogue
- diatribe
- diction
- discourse
- discussion
- disquisition
- dissertation
- double talk
- doublespeak
- elocution
- enunciation
- eulogy
- exhortation
- expressing
- expression
- harangue
- homily
- idiom
- intercourse
- invocation
- jargon
- keynote
- language
- lecture
- lingo
- locution
- mother tongue
- native tongue
- opus
- oral communication
- oration
- oratory
- palaver
- panegyric
- paper
- parlance
- parley
- pep talk
- pitch
- prattle
- prelection
- pronunciation
- prose
- recitation
- rhetoric
- salutation
- sermon
- speaking
- spiel
- stump
- tirade
- tone
- tongue
- utterance
- valedictory
- verbalization
- vernacular
- vocal expression
- vocalization
- vocalizing
- voice
- voicing
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