Thesaurus results for SPEAKERS

speakers

noun

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plural of speaker

as in chairpersons

a person in charge of a meeting the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter

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as in spokesmen

a person who speaks for another or for a group unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department

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as in lecturers

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

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Recent Examples of speakers Several speakers picked up on Talarico’s campaign theme of the fight being between top versus bottom rather than the left-right political spectrum. —

Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2026 Of course, some speakers simply blurted out what was on their mind. —

Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 Fountain Street’s 1,507-seat auditorium has welcomed speakers such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Angela Davis, Winston Churchill and Malcolm X. —

ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026 Citizens criticized the council for considering changes that would make speakers addressing non-agenda items wait until the end of a meeting. —

Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026 Elsewhere at the festival, conference speakers include YouTube star Markiplier, Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen, CEO of Hinge Jackie Jantos, Mike Skinner of the Streets, broadcaster Roman Kemp, actor and producer Tye Sheridan and more. —

Ellise Shafer, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026 Check out our expert's list of the best outdoor speakers for 2026, and take your pick. —

Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 19 Mar. 2026 Thirteen Arabic speakers and four Farsi speakers, all trained at taxpayer expense, were among employees let go, according to a draft letter being circulated by former foreign service officers. —

Byron Tau, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026 The rooms All 67 rooms and suites are deeply comfortable with rain showers, sofas, and Bluetooth speakers. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2026

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With seven Republican members of the Oklahoma Legislature campaigning for statewide office, GOP leaders have kept those lawmakers in their leadership positions or as committee chairpersons, a reversal of policies instituted by previous House speakers or Senate pro tempores.

— Paul Monies, Oklahoma Watch, 21 Jan. 2026
Menin, an Upper East Side Democrat who’s seen as a centrist counterweight to Mayor Mamdani’s administration, is expected to make the appointments at a Council meeting Thursday where picks for all of the body’s other committee chairpersons will also be announced, the sources said.

— Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026