Synonyms of orotund

orotund

adjective

ˈȯr-ə-ˌtənd 

1

as in ringing

marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones

the tenor's orotund voice was just what this soaring aria needs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ringing
• round
• sonorous
• reverberant
• vibrant
• resonant
• rotund
• loud
• mellow
• golden
• powerful
• plangent
• deep
• resounding
• reverberating
• mellifluous
• reverberative
• rich
• stentorian
• thunderous
• mellifluent
• plummy
• full
• thundering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hollow
• cavernous
• low
• soft
• weak
• muted
• faint
• thin
• murmurous
• smothered
• tinny

2

as in rhetorical

marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases

a master of the orotund prose that is favored by academic journals of literary criticism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetorical
• inflated
• pontifical
• gaseous
• bombastic
• grandiloquent
• oratorical
• flatulent
• fustian
• gassy
• ornate
• windy
• turgid
• florid
• grandiose
• pompous
• pretentious
• elevated
• stilted
• tumid
• flowery
• lofty
• bloated
• high-sounding
• high-flown
• verbose
• wordy
• highfalutin
• overdone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eloquent
• direct
• plain
• matter-of-fact
• simple
• unrhetorical
• unadorned
• bald
• straightforward
• unpretentious
• unaffected
• stark
• well-spoken
• plainspoken

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of orotund

Novoselov had a boisterous, orotund way of talking that even the interpreter seemed to have trouble making sense of. — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021

The speaker’s orotund oratory, his mannered put-downs, his mock pretentiousness, his pompous, practiced, often hilarious jawing will be no more. — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019

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