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rhetoric

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rhetoric

1 language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere

the mayor's promise to fight drugs was just rhetoric, since there was no money in the city budget for a drug program

Synonyms of rhetoric

bombast, fustian, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, oratory, verbiage, wind

Words Related to rhetoric

claptrap, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, humbug, jabberwocky, jazz, moonshine, nonsense

affectedness, floweriness, grandiosity, loftiness, pomposity, pretension, pretentiousness

garrulity, garrulousness, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness

2 the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way

great leaders have often been masters of rhetoric, which they have used for both good and ill

Synonyms of rhetoric

articulacy [chiefly British], articulateness, eloquence, poetry

Words Related to rhetoric

expression, expressiveness

declamation, elocution, oratory

cogency, force, forcefulness, meaningfulness, persuasion, persuasiveness

ardor, emotion, fervency, fervidness, fervor, heat, intensity, passion, power, vehemence, warmth

Phrases Synonymous with rhetoric

Antonyms of rhetoric

inarticulateness

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