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{
"orating":{
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the respected anthropologist is expected to orate about her latest research findings before a packed auditorium"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reciting",
"soliloquizing",
"disserting",
"expounding",
"pontificating",
"sermonizing",
"mouthing",
"spouting",
"filibustering"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaiming",
"descanting",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"haranguing",
"lecturing",
"speaking",
"talking"
]
},
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
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"examples":[
"given the opportunity, many politicians will orate at considerable length on just about any subject"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"bloviating",
"blowing",
"lecturing",
"preaching",
"sermonizing",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing",
"speaking",
"speechifying",
"talking"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaiming",
"discoursing",
"haranguing",
"mouthing (off)",
"perorating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oratory":{
"the art of speaking in public eloquently and effectively":{
"examples":[
"a presidential hopeful with a gift for oratory and a highly charismatic personality"
],
"synonyms":[
"elocution",
"public speaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bombast",
"grandiloquence",
"eloquence",
"rhetoric",
"discourse",
"speech",
"talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
"examples":[
"the politician's oratory sounded good only to people who didn't bother to think"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"rhetoric",
"verbiage",
"wind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"claptrap",
"drivel",
"gibberish",
"hogwash",
"humbug",
"jabberwocky",
"jazz",
"moonshine",
"nonsense",
"affectedness",
"floweriness",
"grandiosity",
"loftiness",
"pomposity",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"oral":{
"expressed or communicated by voice":{
"examples":[
"a baby's crying is usually interpreted as an oral expression of distress"
],
"synonyms":[
"spoken",
"uttered",
"vocal",
"voiced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articulated",
"enunciated",
"pronounced",
"sonant",
"breathed",
"chirped",
"drawled",
"gasped",
"intoned",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"purred",
"shouted",
"spluttered",
"sputtered",
"squeaked",
"whispered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inarticulate",
"mute",
"quiet",
"silent",
"unexpressed",
"unsaid",
"unspoken",
"unuttered",
"unvoiced",
"surd",
"voiceless"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonvocal"
]
},
"made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing":{
"examples":[
"lawyers for the plaintiff will be presenting oral arguments before the Supreme Court next week"
],
"synonyms":[
"nuncupative",
"spoken",
"unwritten",
"verbal",
"viva voce",
"word-of-mouth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consensual",
"implicit",
"informal",
"articulated",
"verbalized",
"given",
"pronounced",
"said",
"sounded",
"stated",
"told",
"voiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"explicit",
"formal"
],
"antonyms":[
"paper",
"written"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"oratorical":{
"marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases":{
"examples":[
"a speech that was an oratorical endorsement of the value of education but one that refused to call for greater spending on education"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombastic",
"flatulent",
"fustian",
"gaseous",
"gassy",
"grandiloquent",
"orotund",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"windy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloated",
"elevated",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"inflated",
"lofty",
"ornate",
"pompous",
"pontifical",
"pretentious",
"stilted",
"tumid",
"turgid",
"overdone",
"verbose",
"wordy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eloquent",
"well-spoken",
"bald",
"direct",
"matter-of-fact",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"simple",
"stark",
"straightforward",
"unadorned",
"unaffected",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"unrhetorical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"orations":{
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
"examples":[
"the celebrated orations of Daniel Webster in unwavering support of the federal union"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"declamations",
"harangues",
"perorations",
"speeches",
"talks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diatribes",
"rants",
"tirades",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"tributes",
"keynote addresses",
"keynote speeches",
"lectures",
"salutatories",
"homilies",
"sermons",
"monologues",
"monologs",
"soliloquies",
"pitches",
"presentations",
"spiels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"orated":{
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
"examples":[
"given the opportunity, many politicians will orate at considerable length on just about any subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaimed",
"discoursed",
"harangued",
"mouthed (off)",
"perorated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranted",
"raved",
"blew",
"bloviated",
"lectured",
"preached",
"sermonized",
"advertised",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"proclaimed",
"pronounced",
"speechified",
"spoke",
"talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"the respected anthropologist is expected to orate about her latest research findings before a packed auditorium"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaimed",
"descanted",
"discoursed",
"expatiated",
"harangued",
"lectured",
"spoke",
"talked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recited",
"soliloquized",
"disserted",
"expounded",
"pontificated",
"sermonized",
"mouthed",
"spouted",
"filibustered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"orator":{
"a person who makes usually formal public speeches":{
"examples":[
"though a brilliant wordsmith, Thomas Jefferson was by his own admission an unskilled orator"
],
"synonyms":[
"lecturer",
"speaker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhetorician",
"spellbinder",
"declaimer",
"spouter",
"spieler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"orate":{
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
"examples":[
"given the opportunity, many politicians will orate at considerable length on just about any subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaim",
"discourse",
"harangue",
"mouth (off)",
"perorate"
],
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"rant",
"rave",
"bloviate",
"blow",
"lecture",
"preach",
"sermonize",
"advertise",
"announce",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"pronounce",
"speak",
"speechify",
"talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"the respected anthropologist is expected to orate about her latest research findings before a packed auditorium"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaim",
"descant",
"discourse",
"expatiate",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"speak",
"talk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recite",
"soliloquize",
"dissert",
"expound",
"pontificate",
"sermonize",
"mouth",
"spout",
"filibuster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oracular":{
"as in prophetic , portentous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baleful",
"dire",
"foreboding",
"menacing",
"portentous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"millenarian",
"predictive",
"prophetic",
"prophetical",
"revelatory",
"telling",
"inauspicious",
"unpromising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rosy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"oratories":{
"the art of speaking in public eloquently and effectively":{
"examples":[
"a presidential hopeful with a gift for oratory and a highly charismatic personality"
],
"synonyms":[
"elocution",
"public speaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bombast",
"grandiloquence",
"eloquence",
"rhetoric",
"discourse",
"speech",
"talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
"examples":[
"the politician's oratory sounded good only to people who didn't bother to think"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"rhetoric",
"verbiage",
"wind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"claptrap",
"drivel",
"gibberish",
"hogwash",
"humbug",
"jabberwocky",
"jazz",
"moonshine",
"nonsense",
"affectedness",
"floweriness",
"grandiosity",
"loftiness",
"pomposity",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"orators":{
"a person who makes usually formal public speeches":{
"examples":[
"though a brilliant wordsmith, Thomas Jefferson was by his own admission an unskilled orator"
],
"synonyms":[
"lecturers",
"speakers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhetoricians",
"spellbinders",
"declaimers",
"spouters",
"spielers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"orates":{
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
"examples":[
"given the opportunity, many politicians will orate at considerable length on just about any subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaims",
"discourses",
"harangues",
"mouths (off)",
"perorates"
],
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"rants",
"raves",
"bloviates",
"blows",
"lectures",
"preaches",
"sermonizes",
"advertises",
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"pronounces",
"speaks",
"speechifies",
"talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"the respected anthropologist is expected to orate about her latest research findings before a packed auditorium"
],
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"declaims",
"descants",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"speaks",
"talks"
],
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"recites",
"soliloquizes",
"disserts",
"expounds",
"pontificates",
"sermonizes",
"mouths",
"spouts",
"filibusters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oracles":{
"a person who can tell what will happen in the future":{
"examples":[
"The oracle told him to not make any major life decisions this month."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mystics",
"augurs",
"diviners",
"forecasters",
"foreseers",
"foretellers",
"fortune-tellers",
"futurists",
"prognosticators",
"prophesiers",
"prophets",
"seers",
"soothsayers",
"visionaries",
"prophetesses",
"sibyls",
"wisewomen",
"astrologers",
"crystal gazers",
"palmists",
"rhabdomancers",
"Cassandras",
"doomsayers",
"doomsdayers",
"Jeremiahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}