speechmaking

Noun

Meaning

delivering an address to a public audience

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Synonyms

speaking rhetoric oratory public speaking speechifying oral presentation address speech composition debate delivery pronunciation discourse articulation eloquence

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Antonyms

literature quiet silence farewell incompetence gibberish

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Hypernyms

address speech

Hyponyms

reading debate recitation recital disputation public debate

Examples

people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking Source: Internet

Orator Chauncey M. Depew concluded the speechmaking with a lengthy address.sfn No members of the general public were permitted on the island during the ceremonies, which were reserved entirely for dignitaries. Source: Internet

Wilson quickly shed his professorial style for more emboldened speechmaking, and presented himself as a full-fledged progressive. Source: Internet

Nevins, 187–188 In general, Cleveland abided by the precedent of minimizing presidential campaign travel and speechmaking; Blaine became one of the first to break with that tradition. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

speechlike speechlore speechmaker speechreading speechworthy speechwright