oratorical
Pertaining to speechmaking
Oratorical relates to formal public speaking or rhetoric.
The word typically describes the style, skill, or manner of oration: oratorical flourishes, oratorical training.
It often carries a slightly elevated or old-fashioned tone, suggesting speechmaking that is deliberate and persuasive rather than casual: His oratorical gifts made him a natural politician.
Excessively inflated language
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
orotund · theatrical · ostentatious · inflated · overwrought · pretentious · purple prose · highfalutin
Formal speaking skill
- dictionChoice of words
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- intonationPitch variation in speech
cadence · inflection · articulation · prosody · pacing · pauses · gesticulation · delivery
Classical Athenian statesman-orator
- CiceroAncient Rome's greatest speaker
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
homily · sermon · eulogy · panegyric · polemic · philippic · harangue · exordium
Raised platform for speakers
- lecternTilted stand for texts
- rostrumRaised speaker's platform
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- daisRaised speaker's platform
stage · microphone · audience · assembly · forum · address · keynote · speech
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- persuasiveAble to convince others
compelling · lucid · vivid · poetic · lyrical · mellifluous · sonorous · resonant
Collective moral character
- pathosPity-evoking quality
- logosBrand identification symbols
- anaphoraRepeated opening words
- chiasmusInverted parallel construction
antithesis · metaphor · alliteration · tricolon · parallelism · zeugma · epistrophe · polysyndeton
bombastic
Excessively inflated language
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
magniloquent · orotund · theatrical · ostentatious · inflated · overwrought · pretentious · purple prose · highfalutin · turgid
elocution
Formal speaking skill
- dictionChoice of words
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- projectionSomething that extends outward
intonation · cadence · inflection · articulation · prosody · pacing · pauses · gesticulation · delivery · modulation
Demosthenes
Classical Athenian statesman-orator
- CiceroAncient Rome's greatest speaker
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
declamation · homily · sermon · eulogy · panegyric · polemic · philippic · harangue · exordium · peroration
podium
Raised platform for speakers
dais · stage · microphone · audience · assembly · forum · address · keynote · speech · lecture
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
persuasive · compelling · lucid · vivid · poetic · lyrical · mellifluous · sonorous · resonant · melodious
ethos
Collective moral character
chiasmus · antithesis · metaphor · alliteration · tricolon · parallelism · zeugma · epistrophe · polysyndeton · rhetorical question
- speaking stylesarticulate, blunt, candid, conversational, casual
- speech registersformal, informal, casual, colloquial, vernacular
- speech stylesinformal speech, formal speech, colloquial, vernacular, plain speech
- Overblown Wordspompous, bombastic, grandiose, inflated, overblown
- presentationaltheatrical, staged, dramatic, performative, showy
oratoricalplain-spoken
Speaking without ornament
unadorned · straightforward · plain · simple · direct
oratoricalhalting
Marked by hesitation
stammering · inarticulate · tongue-tied · faltering · hesitant
oratoricalconversational
Relating to informal dialogue
colloquial · informal · casual · chatty · intimate