What if you gave a speech and nobody came?
Source: tatoeba (1700)
Speech
/spiːt͡ʃ/
Synonyms for "speech" (329 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (66)
Noun(10 words)
addressdeliverylectureactor's lineaddress oral inarticulacyaddressingarticulationassembly announcementatakapadanish tunge
accentaddressafter-dinner speechalliterationallocutionallusionanacoluthonanadiplosisanalogyanaphoraanastropheansweransweringantiphrasisantithesisantonomasiaapophasisaporiaaposiopesisapostrophe
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articulatedarticulationblastbull sessioncantcatachresischalk talkchatterchiasmuschinfestchoice of wordscircumlocutionclimaxcommentcommercecommunicatingcommunicationcommunicationalcommunioncommunionalcompositionconfabconfabulationcongressconnectioncontactconversationconversationalconverseconversioncorrespondencedealingdealingsdebate
Verb(2 words)
address colleagues courteouslyaddress concerns
Strong matches (99)
Noun(24 words)
declaimingdeclamationsdialog — germandialoguesdictiondiscoursediscoursingdutch tongenglisheulogiesexpress verballyexpressionfalaforcefully presentedgerman zunge formal stylehmongilaitalian linguaggiolanguagelecture only
declamationdialectdialoguediatribedictiondiscoursedisquisitionduologueecphonesiselocutionemphasisenunciatedenunciationespeulogyexchangeexclamationexhortationexpressionfilibuster
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forensicforensic addressformal speechformulationfuneral orationgabgeminationgrammarharanguehomilyhortatory addresshypallagehyperbatonhyperboleidiominauguralinaugural addressinformationinteractinginteractioninteractionalinteractiveinterchangeintercommunicationintercommunicationalintercommunicativeintercommunionintercommunionalintercourseinterplayinterresponsiveinterrogativeinterrogatoryinvectiveinversionironyjargonjeremiadlanguagelanguelecturelinelingolingualinguallinguisticlinguistic intercourselitoteslocutionmalapropismmeiosismessagemetaphor
Adjective(1 words)
literary address
Verb(1 words)
make a presentation
Related words (164)
metonymynuncupativeonomatopoeiaoraloral communicationorationoxymoronpalaverpaperparegmenonparenthesisparlanceparleyparolparolepep talkperiphrasisperorationpersonal usagepersonification
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philippicphrasephraseologyphrasingpitchpleonasmprattleprepared speechprepared textpreteritionprolepsispronouncedpublic speechquestion-and-answer sessionquestioningrappingreadingrecitalrecitationregressionrepetitionreplyreportresponseresponsiverhetoricsaidsales pitchsales talksalutatorysalutatory addresssarcasmsayscreedsermonset speechsimilesimilitudesocial intercoursesong and dancesoundedspeakingspeech circuitspeech situationspeechificationspeechingspielspokenspoonerismsyllepsissymplocesynecdochetalktalkathontalkfesttalkingtelepathictelepathytiradetonguetouchtraffictransmissionaltrialoguetrucktwo-way communicationunwrittenusageuse of wordsusus loquendiutteranceutteredvaledictionvaledictoryvaledictory addressverbalverbalizationverbiagevernacularviva vocevocalvocalizationvocalizedvoicevoicedvoicefulvoicingwordagewordingwordszeugma
Noun(44 words)
monologmonologsmonologuemonologuesold norse tungaoracyoral communicationoral presentationoral presentationsoratingorationorationsoratoriesoratoryparlancepresentationpresentationsromanian limbăsermonsshakespearean address
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speech communicationspoken communicationspoken discoursespoken languagespoken-language basedtaaltalktalking totalkstoasttoastingtoaststongued the bowltongued the labelutteranceutteringutternessverbal expressionverbalizingvocalizationsvocalizingvoice communicationwordswrite word dialogue
Adjective(8 words)
oral lectureoral reportplenaryspoken wordspoken wordsstructured deliveryverbal languageverbal lecture
Verb(1 words)
verbalizing aloud
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
22 entriesauditory communicationcommunicationdiscourseexpressionexpressive stylefacultylanguagelinemental facultymodulepresentationrebukereprehensionreprimandreproofreproval
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More specific
11 entriesCollocations
6 entriesclear speechgive a speechpublic speechspeech classspeech recognitionspeech therapy
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 5 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- spraakstyl noun (style of speaking)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- danışıq noun (style of speaking)
Finnish
1 entries- puhe noun (style of speaking)
Hungarian
1 entries- beszéd noun (style of speaking)
Māori
1 entries- mita noun (style of speaking)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.
Source: tatoeba (1945)
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
Source: tatoeba (2328)
You should come early in order for him to read your manuscript before your speech.
Source: tatoeba (17152)
Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.