Defenition of the word rhetoric

• Defenition of the word rhetoric

  • high_flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  • loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"
  • study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
  • using language effectively to please or persuade
  • high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  • loud and confused and empty talk
  • high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

Synonyms for the word rhetoric

• • empty talk
  • empty words
  • expression
  • grandiloquence
  • grandiosity
  • hot air
  • idiom
  • language
  • magniloquence
  • oratory
  • palaver
  • public speaking
  • speech
  • speech-making
  • speechifying
  • style
  • vocabulary
  • words
  • writing

Similar words in the rhetoric

• • rhetoric
  • rhetoric's
  • rhetorically
  • rhetorician
  • rhetorician's
  • rhetoricians

Meronymys for the word rhetoric

• • rhetorical device

Hyponyms for the word rhetoric

• • blah
  • bombast
  • claptrap
  • flourish
  • fustian
  • rant

Hypernyms for the word rhetoric

• • bunk
  • expressive style
  • hokum
  • literary study
  • meaninglessness
  • nonsense
  • nonsensicality
  • style

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