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Synonyms for rhetorical
rɪˈtɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈtɒr-rhetor·i·cal
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
rhetorical
Synonyms:
declamatory, persuasive, oratorical, lively, animated, spiritedAntonyms:
logical, calm, cool, deliberate
Princeton's WordNet
rhetoricaladjective
of or relating to rhetoric
"accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford
Antonyms:
prosaic, matter-of-fact, unrhetorical, plainspokenrhetoricaladjective
given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
"mere rhetorical frippery"
Antonyms:
plainspoken, unrhetorical, matter-of-fact, prosaic
Dictionary of English Synonymes
rhetoricaladjective
Synonyms:
oratoricalrhetoricaladjective
Synonyms:
declamatory, highly wrought
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#5288 | animated | |
#9729 | verbal | |
#12285 | lively | |
#13286 | rhetoric | |
#19606 | spirited | |
#21552 | persuasive | |
#25458 | rhetorical | |
#141114 | oratorical | |
#290105 | declamatory |
How to use rhetorical in a sentence?
The presidency has always been a predominantly rhetorical enterprise, you can’t drive an agenda without vision casting and part of that has to go through the mainstream press.
The harsh rhetorical push-back by the ideological wing of the Communist Party suggests their heightened sense of vulnerability.
Every public official has a responsibility to tell the truth, all the clever arguments and rhetorical gymnastics in the world won't change the fact that this January 6th effort is designed to disenfranchise millions of Americans simply because they voted for someone in a different party. We ought to be better than that. If we normalize this, we're going to turn American politics into a Hatfields and McCoys endless blood feud -- a house hopelessly divided.
I was stunned. I mean it was an easy kind of rhetorical move, let’s defend democracy abroad and secure democracy at home.
Hundreds of Capitol police officers were violently assaulted on Jan. 6, republican members of the House claim to back the blue. They'll have an opportunity at the first hearing to keep it real and to demonstrate that those words are not just rhetorical, but they really plan to support the Capitol Police officers who defended our democracy at great personal cost to themselves on Jan. 6.
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- retòricCatalan, Valencian
- řečnickýCzech
- retoriskDanish
- rhetorischGerman
- ρητορικόςGreek
- retóricoSpanish
- retorinenFinnish
- rhétoriqueFrench
- so-loayrtagh, retrickaghManx
- आलंकारिकHindi
- 修辞的なJapanese
- retorischDutch
- retorycznyPolish
- ритори́ческийRussian
- retoriskSwedish
- balaghaSwahili
- சொல்லாட்சிTamil
- sözbilimselTurkish
- риторичнийUkrainian
- بیاناتUrdu
- hùng biệnVietnamese
- 修辞Chinese
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