declaimer
One who orates
A declaimer is someone who declaims—speaks in a dramatic, rhetorical, or impassioned manner.
The word often carries a whiff of criticism, suggesting pomposity or theatrical excess: The senator was more declaimer than statesman, all bluster and no substance.
oratory
Skilled public speaker
- reciterOne who speaks aloud
- elocutionistSkilled verbal presenter
- speechifierOne who orates
- rhetoricianExpert in persuasive speaking
haranguer · public speaker · lecturer · presenter · bombast · grandiloquence · theatricality · dramatic reading
orator
Skilled public speaker
- reciterOne who speaks aloud
- elocutionistSkilled verbal presenter
- speechifierOne who orates
rhetorician · haranguer · public speaker · lecturer · presenter · bombast · grandiloquence · theatricality · dramatic reading · monologist
disavower
One who disclaims
- denierOne who contradicts
- repudiatorOne who rejects completely
- rejecterOne who declines
refuter · negator · naysayer · objector · protester · dissenter · renouncer · recanter · disowner
- persuaderspersuader, orator, orators, public speaker, speechmaker
- vocalistssinger, vocalist, soloist, songstress, songster