All oration synonyms
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O o noun oration
- speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
- discourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- sermon — a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- harangue — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- homily — a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.
- spiel — a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- declamation — a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
- pitch — to smear or cover with pitch.
- soapbox — Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
- chalk talk — an informal lecture with pertinent points, explanatory diagrams, etc, shown on a blackboard
- pep talk — a vigorous, emotional talk, as to a person or group, intended to arouse enthusiasm, increase determination to succeed, etc.: The coach gave the team a pep talk before the game.
verb oration
- prelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.