Definition for Rhetoric:

• Art of speaking with eloquence and force.

Synonyms for Rhetoric:

• n.

  •
  • formality,
  • fluency,
  • delivery,
  • flow,
  • monotone,
  • idiolect,
  • formulation,
  • gymnastics.
  •
  • declamation,
  • words,
  • oratory.
  •argumentation (noun)
  • forensics.
  •boasting (noun)
  • bombast.
  •bombast (noun)
  • paddeds,
  • bombastries,
  • tympanies,
  • tumidities,
  • altiloquences,
  • stuffeds.
  •cognition (noun)
  • rhetoric.
  •diction (noun)
  • de-livery,
  • in flections,
  • in flection,
  • in-flections,
  • gift gab,
  • in-flection,
  • de livery,
  • wordages,
  • de liveries,
  • de-liveries.
  •discourse (noun)
  • verbalization,
  • thesis,
  • gabfest,
  • memoir,
  • speakings,
  • gabfests,
  • Tractate,
  • Sermons.
  •elocution (noun)
  • voice productions,
  • speechmakings,
  • voice cultures,
  • speechcrafts.
  •eloquence (noun)
  • wittinesses,
  • mellifluousnesses,
  • volubilities,
  • meaningfulnesses.
  •empty talk (noun)
  • propaganda,
  • empty talk.
  •empty words (noun)
  • empty words.
  •euphuism (noun)
  • floridnesses,
  • purisms,
  • gongorisms.
  •figure of speech (noun)
  • onomatopoeia,
  • onomatopoeias,
  • apostrophe,
  • litotes,
  • metonymy,
  • aposiopesis,
  • tropes,
  • alliterations,
  • adumbration,
  • oxymora,
  • malapropisms,
  • anaphora,
  • turn of phrase,
  • metonymies,
  • oxymoron,
  • Asyndeton,
  • alliteration,
  • Ellipses,
  • manner of speaking,
  • synecdoche,
  • ellipsis,
  • communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device,
  • trope,
  • echoism,
  • antistrophe,
  • apostrophes,
  • proteron,
  • malapropism,
  • way of speaking,
  • Tropology.
  •grandiloquence (noun)
  • wordiness.
  •grandiosity (noun)
  • grandiosity.
  •hot air (noun)
  • hot air.
  •ornate speech or writing (noun)
  • bravado,
  • ornateness,
  • showiness,
  • embellishment,
  • double talk,
  • richness,
  • fanciness,
  • ponderousness,
  • splashiness,
  • loftiness,
  • elaborateness,
  • Floweriness,
  • flamboyance,
  • inflatedness,
  • opulence.
  •palaver (noun)
  • palaver.
  •prelection (noun)
  • pre-lection,
  • pre-lections,
  • pre lections,
  • pre lection.
  •public speaking (noun)
  • tub-thumping,
  • Speechification,
  • stump oratory,
  • public speaking.
  •rhetoric (noun)
  • magniloquence.
  •wordiness (noun)
  • pleonasm,
  • tautology,
  • garrulity,
  • prolixity,
  • redundance,
  • loquaciousness,
  • verboseness,
  • redundances,
  • windiness,
  • tautologies,
  • logorrhea,
  • long-windedness.
  •wordiness; long speech (noun)
  • flowery language,
  • oration,
  • hyperbole,
  • verbosity,
  • fustian,
  • address,
  • big talk,
  • composition,
  • balderdash.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • elocution.
  •grandiloquence
  • flatulence.

Paraphrases for Rhetoric:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    principles, TONNES, talk, word.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    declarations, discourse, speech, rhetorical, oratory, eloquence, demagoguery, theory, expression, phrase, demagogy, vocabulary, language, lyric, reasoning, tone.

Antonyms for Rhetoric:

• n.

  • wordiness; long speech
    quiet, conciseness.
  • Other antonyms:
    Inarticulateness.

Rhetoric Sentence Examples:

• You will probably find it in your rhetoric.

• In his chapter called Considerations by the Way, Emerson strikes this curious false note in his rhetoric: We have a right to be here or we should not be here.

Homophones for Rhetoric:

• re-address, retrace, redress, retrousse, redhorse, retrorse, radiator hose, road rage, radar echo, rat race.

Hyponym for Rhetoric:

• n.

  • cognition
    literary study.
  • communication
    style, expressive style.

Meronym for Rhetoric:

• n.

  • communication
    rhetorical device.