AUREATE Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

aureate

adjective

ˈȯr-ē-ət

Definition of aureate

as in rhetorical

full of fine words and fancy expressions the aureate speeches that are traditionally given at graduation ceremonies

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Recent Examples of aureate Finally, last year, Lil Nas X’s gaze was punctuated by a set of gilded wing decals that complete his aureate ensemble. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2022 Because emotionally, they are spirited by your aureate leadership heart. — Peter Weedfald, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021 If monochrome is more your speed, Pecheux swept swathes of deep aureate pigment across the lids for the downtown girls at Saint Laurent. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2018

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To judge by the vocabulary deployed in its pages, the book belongs in the inner sanctum of literary theory, where the walls are hung with gnarly rhetorical tropes.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
For one, what South Korea is calling a policy shift is largely rhetorical and little different in substance from the previous approach, says KIDA's Lee Ho-ryung.

— Se Eun Gong, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of rhetorical

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The headphones come in blue, midnight, orange, purple, and starlight.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Imagine the Patriots in red playing a game in Boston, or the Cowboys in their old-school blue in the Cotton Bowl, or Minnesota in purple pants playing outdoors with both teams on the same sidelines (look it up, that used to happen).

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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