Rhetoric synonyms and antonyms

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discourse
A long and formal treatment of a subject, in speech or writing; lecture; treatise; dissertation
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empty talk
Grandiloquence
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oratory
Public speaking marked by the use of overblown rhetoric.
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euphuism (related)
Affected elegance of language.
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high-flown language
Grandiloquence
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composition
A work of music, literature, or art, or its structure or organization.
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grandiloquent
Using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions
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eloquence (related)
The art or manner of such speech or writing
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forensic
The definition of forensic is something that is usable in a court of law.
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speech
(Uncountable) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
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dogma (related)
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bombastic
The definition of bombastic is important-sounding language that is meaningless.
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rhetorical
Using or characterized by mere rhetoric, or artificial eloquence; showy and elaborate in style
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verbosity
The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision; long-windedness
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conciseness (antonym)
The property of being concise, succinctness.
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conservatism (related)
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oration
A formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion.
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bombast
Talk or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning; pompous language
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wordiness (related)
The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words in a sentence.
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rubescent
Becoming red; specif., blushing or flushing
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circumgyration
Circling, wheeling (around)
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elocution
Style or manner of speaking or reading in public
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flamboyance
The condition of being flamboyant
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pomposity
The quality of being pompous; ostentation; self-importance
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trope
The use of a word or words in a figurative sense
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declamation
The act or art of declaiming
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words (related)
The art of public speaking
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palaver
Palaver is defined as charming talk, or chatter.
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hot-air
(Literally) Air that has been heated, especially so as to function as the lifting agent of a hot-air balloon.
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empty words
loud and confused and empty talk
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grandiosity
The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).
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magniloquence
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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ornateness
The state of being ornate
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ideology (related)
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radicalism (related)
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populism (related)
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liberalism (related)
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polemic (related)
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anti-americanism (related)
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notion (related)
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idealism (related)
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ideological (related)
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populist (related)
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moralism (related)
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pragmatism (related)
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triumphalism (related)
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grandiloquence
Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
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flatulence (related)
The state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (often released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
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  • The audience was impressed by the rhetoric the young girl used in her speech.

  • The speaker's powerful rhetoric amazed nearly all of the audience.

  • The rhetoric used in the newspaper article made the readers feel like they were a part of the event.

  • Devices of rhetoric are used to bring imagery to writing.

  • Finally, he admits that rhetoric is not the highest accomplishment, and that philosophy is far more deserving of attention.

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