All oratory synonyms
or·a·to·ry
O o noun oratory
- public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- diction — Someone's diction is how clearly they speak or sing.
- elocution — The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
- speechmaker — a person who delivers speeches.
- persuasiveness — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- cogency — the quality or condition of being cogent; power to convince
- skill — the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well: Carpentry was one of his many skills.
- style — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- technique — the manner and ability with which an artist, writer, dancer, athlete, or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor.
- pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
- prolixity — extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
- verbosity — the state or quality of being verbose; superfluity of words; wordiness: His speeches were always marred by verbosity.
- hot air — empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing: His report on the company's progress was just so much hot air.
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- eloquence — Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.
- declamation — a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade