All rhetorical synonyms
rhe·tor·i·cal
R r adjective rhetorical
- embellished — Simple past tense and past participle of embellish.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- juristic — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- eloquent — Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
- disputative — Tending to dispute.
- yacking — to talk, especially uninterruptedly and idly; gab; chatter: They've been yakking on the phone for over an hour.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- overblown — (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
- gesticulative — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- oratorical — of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory: His oratorical prowess has led to political success.
- wordy — characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
adj rhetorical
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- hyped up — intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
- high-sounding — having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
- forensic — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- circumlocutory — a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
- flowery — covered with or having many flowers.
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- dialectical — In philosophy, Dialectical is used to describe situations, theories, and methods which depend on resolving opposing factors.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- florid — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
- lexical — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.