word power
Command of language
Word power is the ability to use language effectively and persuasively.
It suggests command of vocabulary and rhetorical skill: A good lawyer needs word power.
The phrase sometimes appears in educational contexts about vocabulary building: word power quizzes, improve your word power.
- synonymsWords with shared meaning
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
eloquence · silver tongue · gift of gab · storytelling · ethos · pathos · imagery · logos · verbal sparring · loaded language · oratory · connotation · articulation · diction · tone · collocations · metaphor · mood
- vocabulary termsdiction, lexicon, synonyms, antonyms, prefixes
- Golemclay figure, met, Prague, Hebrew letters, Jewish mysticism
word powerinarticulation
Inability to speak clearly
illiteracy · inarticulate · tongue-tied · speechlessness · muteness
word powerbrute force
Power over technique
physical force · brute strength · physical strength · violence · coercion
word powerspeechlessness
Inability to speak
muteness · silence · wordlessness · reticence · taciturnity
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