eulogists
Memorial service orators
Eulogists are people who deliver eulogies—speeches praising someone, typically at a funeral or memorial service.
The term extends to anyone who speaks or writes in high praise of another: The president's eulogists defended his legacy against critics.
A eulogist need not be professional; family members and friends often serve as eulogists at services.
Those lamenting a death
- speakersAudio output devices
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- officiantsCeremony presiders
- tributesExpressions honoring someone
memorials · graveside · pallbearers · obituaries · services · bereaved · commemorations · orators
Audio output devices
- rhetoriciansExperts in persuasive speech
- praisersThose who express approval
- speechmakersThose who give addresses
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
tributes · orators · declamation · podium · addresses · commemorative · laudatory · delivery
Writers of life stories
- chroniclersThose who record events
- memorialistsWriters of personal accounts
- historiansScholars of the past
- celebrantsThose observing special occasions
honoring · legacy · achievements · remembering · testimonials · accolades · recognition · praise
mourners
Those lamenting a death
- speakersAudio output devices
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- officiantsCeremony presiders
tributes · memorials · graveside · pallbearers · obituaries · services · bereaved · commemorations · orators · remembrances
speakers
Audio output devices
- rhetoriciansExperts in persuasive speech
- praisersThose who express approval
- speechmakersThose who give addresses
eloquence · tributes · orators · declamation · podium · addresses · commemorative · laudatory · delivery · articulate
biographers
Writers of life stories
- chroniclersThose who record events
- memorialistsWriters of personal accounts
- historiansScholars of the past
celebrants · honoring · legacy · achievements · remembering · testimonials · accolades · recognition · praise · lauding
- admirersfans, devotees, followers, enthusiasts, admirers
- preserverslife preserver, life jacket, life vest, buoy, life ring
eulogistscritics
Those who evaluate work
detractors · denouncers · condemners · disparagers · vilifiers
eulogistsmuckrakers
Scandal-exposing reporters
debunkers · iconoclasts · grave dancers · scandalmongers · whistleblowers