Synonyms for speaking
ˈspi kɪŋspeak·ing

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. speakingnoun

   Expressive; eloquent.

   The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.

   Antonyms:
   unspeaking

2. speakingadjective

   Involving speaking.

   It was her first speaking part: she screamed.

   Antonyms:
   nonspeaking

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. speaking

   Speech is the general word for utterance of thought in language. A speech may be the delivering of one's sentiments in the simplest way; an oration is an elaborate and prepared speech; a harangue is a vehement appeal to passion, or a speech that has something disputatious and combative in it. A discourse is a set speech on a definite subject, intended to convey instruction. Compare CONVERSATION; DICTION; LANGUAGE.

   Synonyms:
   address, address, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, harangue, language, oration, oratory, sermon, speech, talk, utterance

   Antonyms:
   hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. speaking, speech productionnoun

   the utterance of intelligible speech

   Synonyms:
   oral presentation, speechmaking, public speaking, speech production

2. public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentationadjective

   delivering an address to a public audience

   "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking"

   Synonyms:
   speech production, speechmaking, public speaking, oral presentation

3. speaking(a)adjective

   capable of or involving speech or speaking

   "human beings--the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play"

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. speakingnoun

   Synonyms:
   talk, discourse

2. speakingnoun

   Synonyms:
   elocution, declamation, oratory

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "speaking":

   talking, talk, speech, floor, speak, speaks, referring, intervention, discussing, taking

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1. Sherrod Brown:

   I'd start by asking the presiding officer to please wear a mask as Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley speaks and people below Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley are — I can't tell you what to do, i don't wear a mask when I'm speaking, like most senators.

2. Sean Biggerstaff:

   It can be a bit irritating when someone asks me how the new film's coming along when I haven't worked on Harry Potter for two years. Generally speaking, I have no problem with it. Most actors go through their careers without ever being involved in something so spectacular, so I think it would be a bit ignorant of me to object to being associated with it. Harry Potter is an amazing thing. I'm not just being diplomatic here either. I'm still reminded regularly of what a unique experience it was.

3. Penn Badgley:

   The point of my comment was not to confess a personal trauma, i was speaking about the way emotional and physical boundaries are violated for someone in the public eye, who is seen as an object of desire. Depending on so many factors, it can range from conscious abuse to something very unconscious -- and that is the point I was making, cautiously, in the context of a conversation about fanaticism and cultural norms which support manipulative or abusive behavior. These are the same norms which support predatory men, but not exclusively predatory men. They affect, and infect, us all.

4. Leslie Vinjamuri:

   The fancy term is multi-vocal signaling - in other words he sends messages out within the same half an hour, the same hour, and he's speaking to different audiences. He's very effective at it. Much of what he was doing on this visit was doublespeak.

5. Director Comey:

   Not speaking would require [ an ] act of concealment.