orators
Masters of rhetoric
Orators are people skilled in public speaking, particularly formal or persuasive address.
The term suggests eloquence and rhetorical power: The great orators of ancient Greece, Civil rights orators moved crowds to action.
While speaker is neutral, orator implies artistry—someone who commands attention through the force of their words.
Persuasive verbal grace
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- dictionChoice of words
- demagogueryManipulative political rhetoric
- sophistryDeceptive reasoning
polemic · harangue · homiletics · philippic · diatribe · exposition · locution · declamation
Ancient Rome's greatest speaker
- DemosthenesClassical Athenian statesman-orator
- PericlesFifth-century Athenian statesman
- ChurchillManitoba's northern port
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
MLK · Douglass · Kennedy · Mandela · Caesar · Antony · Seneca · Burke
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- persuasiveAble to convince others
silver-tongued · compelling · impassioned · resonant · evocative · cogent · lucid · poignant
One who teaches formally
- presenterOne who delivers content
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- speechmakerOne who orates publicly
declaimer · raconteur · expositor · expounder · reciter · narrator · commentator · broadcaster
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- dictionChoice of words
- demagogueryManipulative political rhetoric
sophistry · polemic · harangue · homiletics · philippic · diatribe · exposition · locution · declamation · grandiloquence
Cicero
Ancient Rome's greatest speaker
- DemosthenesClassical Athenian statesman-orator
- PericlesFifth-century Athenian statesman
- ChurchillManitoba's northern port
Lincoln · MLK · Douglass · Kennedy · Mandela · Caesar · Antony · Seneca · Burke · Webster
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
persuasive · silver-tongued · compelling · impassioned · resonant · evocative · cogent · lucid · poignant · vivid
lecturer
One who teaches formally
- presenterOne who delivers content
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
speechmaker · declaimer · raconteur · expositor · expounder · reciter · narrator · commentator · broadcaster · mouthpiece
persuade
Cause to believe
argument · appeal · ethos · pathos · logos · motivate · credibility · debate · campaign · rally
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
- Ancient RomansJulius Caesar, patricians, consuls, Marcus Aurelius, Nero
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- oral traditionfolk narratives, campfire tales, epics, oral poetry, storytelling circles
- oratorypublic speaking, speeches, addresses, keynote speeches, debate
- persuaderspersuader, public speaker, speechmaker, speechmakers, rhetorician
oratorswriters
Text composition professionals
authors · scribes · essayists · correspondents · novelists
oratorslisteners
Those who attend aurally
audiences · hearers · spectators · mutes · attendees
- famous oratorsAcclaimed public speakers
- epideictic oratoryRhetoric of praise/blame
- oratory skillsAbility to speak persuasively
- political oratoryPublic persuasion by officials
- public oratorsThose who speak publicly