Synonyms of speech

speech

noun

1

as in oration

a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience

the guest of honor gave a short speech in appreciation of the award

Synonyms & Similar Words

• oration
• lecture
• talk
• sermon
• monologue
• presentation
• address
• declamation
• peroration
• eulogy
• harangue
• tribute
• tirade
• salutatory
• panegyric
• diatribe
• soliloquy
• rant
• homily
• keynote speech
• keynote address
• monolog
• spiel
• pitch

2

as in language

the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication

wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• language
• vocabulary
• tongue
• dialect
• idiom
• mother tongue
• terminology
• colloquial
• lingo
• slang
• vernacular
• jargon
• argot
• parlance
• idiolect
• patois
• pidgin
• colloquialism
• coinage
• slanguage
• patter
• vernacularism
• regionalism
• localism
• neologism
• acrolect
• shibboleth
• modernism
• cant
• provincialism

Phrases Containing speech

• figure of speech

• figure of speech