speechifiers
Those who pontificate
Speechifiers is the plural of speechifier, a person who makes speeches—usually with the implication that they do so pompously, at excessive length, or without much substance.
The term is mildly dismissive: The conference was full of speechifiers who loved the sound of their own voices.
It suggests someone more interested in performing than communicating.
Exaggerating one's own significance
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
- pontificatingSpeaking pompously at length
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
ostentatious · pedantic · condescending · patronizing · bloviating · preachy · lecturing · moralizing
Pretentious hollow language
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- windbagOne who prattles endlessly
- blowhardBoastful empty talker
- purple proseOverly elaborate, emotional writing
magniloquence · turgidity · floridness · prolixity · wordiness · long-winded · highfalutin · puffed-up
Convincing through reasoning
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- argumentationSystematic reasoning process
elocution · delivery · cadence · phrasing · flourish · trope · device · anaphora
One who teaches formally
- presenterOne who delivers content
- declaimerOne who speaks formally
- rhetoricianExpert in persuasive speaking
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
sermonizer · demagogue · raconteur · toastmaster · emcee · keynote · debater · pontificator
self-important
Exaggerating one's own significance
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
- pontificatingSpeaking pompously at length
bombastic · ostentatious · pedantic · condescending · patronizing · bloviating · preachy · lecturing · moralizing · sanctimonious
bombast
Pretentious hollow language
purple prose · magniloquence · turgidity · floridness · prolixity · wordiness · long-winded · highfalutin · puffed-up · gasbag
persuasion
Convincing through reasoning
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
argumentation · elocution · delivery · cadence · phrasing · flourish · trope · device · anaphora · climax
lecturer
One who teaches formally
- presenterOne who delivers content
- declaimerOne who speaks formally
- rhetoricianExpert in persuasive speaking
preacher · sermonizer · demagogue · raconteur · toastmaster · emcee · keynote · debater · pontificator · haranguer
influence
Power to affect others
inspire · exhort · rally · rouse · stir · galvanize · move · campaign · advocate · propaganda
speechifierslisteners
Those who attend aurally
spectators · hearers · attendees · bystanders · audience
speechifiersminimalists
Advocates of deliberate simplicity
doers · mutes · men of few words · straight talkers · mumbler