To win his audience, the speaker resorted to using rhetorical techniques he learned from his communication courses.
Source: tatoeba (1982)
Rhetorical
//ɹɪˈtɒɹ.ɪ.kəl//
Synonyms for "rhetorical" (98 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (49)
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Translations
24 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥητορικός adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Belarusian
1 entries- рытары́чны adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Bulgarian
1 entries- риторичен adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Catalan
1 entries- retòric adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Czech
1 entries- řečnický adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Danish
1 entries- retorisk adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Dutch
1 entries- retorisch adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Finnish
1 entries- retorinen adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
French
1 entries- rhétorique adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
German
1 entries- rhetorisch adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Greek
1 entries- ρητορικός adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Hungarian
2 entries- retorikai adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
- szónoklattani adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Indonesian
2 entries- retorik adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
- retoris adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Manx
2 entries- retrickagh adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
- so-loayrtagh adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Polish
1 entries- retoryczny adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Portuguese
1 entries- retórico adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Russian
1 entries- ритори́ческий adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Spanish
1 entries- retórico adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Swedish
1 entries- retorisk adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Turkish
1 entries- sözbilimsel adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ритори́чний adj (part of or similar to rhetoric)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
When someone speaks with such rhetorical flourish, it starts to sound like they're lying.
Source: tatoeba (41472)
Who needs rhetorical questions?
Source: tatoeba (1647542)
Have you ever asked me a question that wasn't rhetorical?
Source: tatoeba (1989682)
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