dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/ora_MWT.json

{
  "orating":{
    "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":[
        "declaiming",
        "discoursing",
        "haranguing",
        "mouthing (off)",
        "perorating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ranting",
        "raving",
        "bloviating",
        "blowing",
        "lecturing",
        "preaching",
        "sermonizing",
        "advertising",
        "announcing",
        "broadcasting",
        "declaring",
        "proclaiming",
        "pronouncing",
        "speaking",
        "speechifying",
        "talking"
      ],
      "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":[
        "declaiming",
        "descanting",
        "discoursing",
        "expatiating",
        "haranguing",
        "lecturing",
        "speaking",
        "talking"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "reciting",
        "soliloquizing",
        "disserting",
        "expounding",
        "pontificating",
        "sermonizing",
        "mouthing",
        "spouting",
        "filibustering"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "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"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "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"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "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"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "declaims",
        "descants",
        "discourses",
        "expatiates",
        "harangues",
        "lectures",
        "speaks",
        "talks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "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"
    ]
  },
  "oration":{
    "a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
      "examples":[
        "the celebrated orations of Daniel Webster in unwavering support of the federal union"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "address",
        "declamation",
        "harangue",
        "peroration",
        "speech",
        "talk"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "diatribe",
        "rant",
        "tirade",
        "eulogy",
        "panegyric",
        "tribute",
        "keynote address",
        "keynote speech",
        "lecture",
        "salutatory",
        "homily",
        "sermon",
        "monologue",
        "monolog",
        "soliloquy",
        "pitch",
        "presentation",
        "spiel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "oracle":{
    "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":[
        "mystic",
        "augur",
        "diviner",
        "forecaster",
        "foreseer",
        "foreteller",
        "fortune-teller",
        "futurist",
        "prophet",
        "prognosticator",
        "prophesier",
        "seer",
        "soothsayer",
        "visionary",
        "prophetess",
        "sibyl",
        "wisewoman",
        "astrologer",
        "crystal gazer",
        "palmist",
        "rhabdomancer",
        "Cassandra",
        "doomsayer",
        "doomsdayer",
        "Jeremiah"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "oratorios":{
    "as in masses":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "masses",
        "Gloria Patris",
        "hallelujahs",
        "paeans",
        "processionals",
        "recessionals",
        "dirges",
        "laments",
        "requiems",
        "threnodies",
        "anthems",
        "canticles",
        "carols",
        "chorales",
        "hymns",
        "psalms",
        "spirituals"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "oratorio":{
    "as in mass":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "mass",
        "Gloria Patri",
        "hallelujah",
        "paean",
        "processional",
        "recessional",
        "dirge",
        "lament",
        "requiem",
        "threnody",
        "anthem",
        "canticle",
        "carol",
        "chorale",
        "hymn",
        "psalm",
        "spiritual"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}