Synonyms of speaker

speaker

noun

ˈspē-kər 

1

as in chairperson

a person in charge of a meeting

the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chairperson
• moderator
• president
• chairman
• presider
• chair
• prolocutor
• chairwoman
• cochair
• cochairman
• cochairperson
• copresident
• cochairwoman

2

as in spokesperson

a person who speaks for another or for a group

unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spokesperson
• spokesman
• mouthpiece
• prophet
• point man
• ambassador
• mouth
• promoter
• point person
• communicator
• representative
• front
• talker
• delegate
• spokeswoman
• envoy
• shill
• emissary
• spokesmodel
• agent
• sayer

3

as in lecturer

a person who makes usually formal public speeches

the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lecturer
• orator
• rhetorician
• spellbinder
• declaimer
• spieler
• spouter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of speaker

Each room is equipped with a Bluetooth speaker to listen to your jams. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026

The new majority in the House made Pelosi the first woman speaker in history. — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

Its speaker has hoped that her life will serve as a warning to her younger sister because, although the speaker’s fate is bound to unfold beneath the rising sun, her sister does not have to follow in her footsteps. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

The speakers accused Cofer of exploiting fears surrounding immigration enforcement and misleading Latino voters about Guerra’s record. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026