public speaking

Noun

Meaning

delivering an address to a public audience

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

speaking speechmaking oral presentation modulation speech address composition debate discussion delivery pronunciation rhetoric discourse articulation intonation

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Antonyms

muteness speechlessness inarticulation

Hypernyms

address speech

Hyponyms

reading debate recitation recital disputation public debate

Examples

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public. Albert Ellis

Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first! Sidney Sheldon

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared. Gary Clark, Jr.

I enjoy my public speaking. That's what I love doing. It's what I'm good at. Terry Bradshaw

Public Speaking is very easy. Dan Quayle

A lot of people think that public speaking means that you are standing at a podium giving a speech, but public speaking comes in lots of different formats. Dana Perino

Close letter words and terms

public song public space public speaker public sphere pedagogy public spirit public squalor