orates
Addresses the crowd
Orates means speaks formally or at length, typically in an elevated or rhetorical style.
The word often carries a hint of pomposity—someone who orates isn't just talking, they're holding forth: He orated for twenty minutes about the importance of civic duty.
The noun is oration, the person an orator.
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
poised · enunciation · diction · clarity · vividness · lyricism · elegance · grandiloquence
Brand identification symbols
- pathosPity-evoking quality
- ethosCollective moral character
- sophistryDeceptive reasoning
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
argumentation · rhetorical · forensics · polemic · declamation · flourish · trope · anaphora
Raised platform for speakers
- academicRelating to education or theory
- professorSenior university teacher
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
presentation · lecture · lesson · auditorium · students · university · exposition · didactic
Church speaking platform
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
- sermonClergy's worship address
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
minister · pastor · reverend · moralize · exhort · admonish · prophesy · evangelize
Cause to believe
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- debateFormal argument on issues
- swayRock back and forth
- influencePower to affect others
compelling · advocacy · exhort · urge · motivate · inspire · rally · rouse
Speak to formally
- inauguralFirst in office
- keynoteCentral theme or speech
- valedictoryFarewell address or oration
- commencementAct of starting
proclamation · eulogy · tribute · toast · dedicatory · commemorative · formal · dignitary
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
eloquent · poised · enunciation · diction · clarity · vividness · lyricism · elegance · grandiloquence · mellifluous
logos
Brand identification symbols
dialectic · argumentation · rhetorical · forensics · polemic · declamation · flourish · trope · anaphora · antithesis
podium
Raised platform for speakers
- academicRelating to education or theory
- professorSenior university teacher
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
discourse · presentation · lecture · lesson · auditorium · students · university · exposition · didactic · instructor
pulpit
Church speaking platform
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
- sermonClergy's worship address
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
congregation · minister · pastor · reverend · moralize · exhort · admonish · prophesy · evangelize · pontificate
convince
Cause to believe
influence · compelling · advocacy · exhort · urge · motivate · inspire · rally · rouse · appeal
address
Speak to formally
- inauguralFirst in office
- keynoteCentral theme or speech
- valedictoryFarewell address or oration
commencement · proclamation · eulogy · tribute · toast · dedicatory · commemorative · formal · dignitary · rostrum
- famous oratorsAcclaimed public speakers
- funeral orationSpeech praising the deceased
- epideictic oratoryRhetoric of praise/blame
- oratory skillsAbility to speak persuasively
- political oratoryPublic persuasion by officials
- public oratorsThose who speak publicly
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