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speech
Overview of noun speech
The noun speech has 8 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (16) address, speech -- (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets")
2. (7) speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication -- ((language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets")
3. (4) speech -- (something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches")
4. (1) speech -- (the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech")
5. (1) manner of speaking, speech, delivery -- (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech")
6. (1) lecture, speech, talking to -- (a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to")
7. actor's line, speech, words -- (words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech")
8. language, speech -- (the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun speech
8 senses of speech
Sense 1
address, speech
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
speech
=> utterance, vocalization
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
speech
=> speaking, speech production
=> utterance, vocalization
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
manner of speaking, speech, delivery
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
lecture, speech, talking to
=> rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
=> criticism, unfavorable judgment
=> disapproval
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
actor's line, speech, words
=> line
=> text, textual matter
=> matter
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
language, speech
=> faculty, mental faculty, module
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun speech
5 of 8 senses of speech
Sense 1
address, speech
=> allocution
=> colloquium
=> dithyramb
HAS INSTANCE=> Gettysburg Address
=> impromptu
=> inaugural address, inaugural
=> lecture, public lecture, talk
=> litany
=> oratory
=> public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentation
=> sermon, discourse, preaching
Sense 2
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> words
=> pronunciation, orthoepy
=> conversation
=> discussion, give-and-take, word
=> saying, expression, locution
=> non-standard speech
=> idiolect
=> monologue
=> spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm
=> dictation
=> soliloquy, monologue
Sense 5
manner of speaking, speech, delivery
=> address
=> catch
=> tongue
=> shibboleth
=> tone, tone of voice
=> elocution
=> prosody, inflection
=> modulation, inflection
Sense 6
lecture, speech, talking to
=> sermon, preaching
=> curtain lecture
Sense 7
actor's line, speech, words
=> aside
=> cue
=> monologue
=> soliloquy
=> throwaway
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun speech
8 senses of speech
Sense 1
address, speech
=> speech act
Sense 2
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> auditory communication
Sense 3
speech
=> utterance, vocalization
Sense 4
speech
=> speaking, speech production
Sense 5
manner of speaking, speech, delivery
=> expressive style, style
Sense 6
lecture, speech, talking to
=> rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
Sense 7
actor's line, speech, words
=> line
Sense 8
language, speech
=> faculty, mental faculty, module
Antonyms of noun speech
Member Holonyms of noun speech
Substance Holonyms of noun speech
Part Holonyms of noun speech
2 of 8 senses of speech
Sense 5
manner of speaking, speech, delivery
PART OF: paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
Sense 7
actor's line, speech, words
PART OF: dialogue, dialog
Member Meronyms of noun speech
Substance Meronyms of noun speech
Part Meronyms of noun speech
2 of 8 senses of speech
Sense 1
address, speech
HAS PART: body
HAS PART: introduction
HAS PART: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
Sense 8
language, speech
HAS PART: lexis
HAS PART: vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon
Meronyms of noun speech
2 of 8 senses of speech
Sense 1
address, speech
HAS PART: body
HAS PART: introduction
HAS PART: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
Sense 8
language, speech
HAS PART: lexis
HAS PART: vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon
Holonyms of noun speech
2 of 8 senses of speech
Sense 5
manner of speaking, speech, delivery
PART OF: paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
Sense 7
actor's line, speech, words
PART OF: dialogue, dialog
Attributes of noun speech
Derived Forms of noun speech
5 of 8 senses of speech
Sense 1
address, speech
RELATED TO>(verb) speak#4
=> address, speak
RELATED TO>(verb) speechify#1
=> speechify
Sense 3
speech
RELATED TO>(verb) speak#1
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sense 4
speech
RELATED TO>(verb) speak#2
=> talk, speak
Sense 6
lecture, speech, talking to
RELATED TO>(verb) speechify#1
=> speechify
Sense 8
language, speech
RELATED TO>(verb) speak#3
=> speak, talk
Domain of noun speech
1 of 8 senses of speech
Sense 2
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
TOPIC>(noun) language#1, linguistic communication#1
Domain Terms of noun speech
1 of 8 senses of speech
Sense 8
language, speech
TOPIC TERM>(verb) verbalize#4, verbalise#4
Familiarity of noun speech
speech used as a noun is common (polysemy count =8)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun speech
8 senses of speech
Sense 1
address, speech
> speech act
=> congratulation, felicitation
=> slander
=> proposal, proposition
=> command, bid, bidding, dictation
=> agreement
=> citation
=> disagreement
=> offer, offering
=> request, asking
=> reply, response
=> description
=> affirmation, assertion, statement
=> denial
=> rejection
=> objection
=> informing, making known
=> disclosure, revelation, revealing
=> promise
=> boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
=> naming
=> challenge
=> explanation
=> denunciation, denouncement
=> address, speech
=> resignation
Sense 2
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
> auditory communication
=> audio, sound
=> music
=> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> utterance, vocalization
Sense 3
speech
> utterance, vocalization
=> roll call
=> cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
=> cry, yell
=> croak, croaking
=> exclamation, exclaiming
=> expletive
=> groan, moan
=> howl, howling, ululation
=> laugh, laughter
=> mumble
=> paging
=> profanity
=> pronunciation
=> exultation, rejoicing, jubilation
=> sigh, suspiration
=> snarl
=> speaking, speech production
=> speech
=> sputter, splutter
=> rasp, rasping
=> growling
Sense 4
speech
> speaking, speech production
=> speech
=> whisper, whispering, susurration, voicelessness
Sense 5
manner of speaking, speech, delivery
> expressive style, style
=> allegory
=> analysis
=> bathos
=> black humor, black humour
=> device
=> eloquence, fluency, smoothness
=> euphuism
=> flatness
=> formulation, expression
=> grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric
=> headlinese
=> jargon
=> journalese
=> legalese
=> manner of speaking, speech, delivery
=> music genre, musical genre, genre, musical style
=> officialese
=> pathos
=> prose
=> rhetoric
=> saltiness, coarseness
=> self-expression
=> sesquipedality
=> terseness
=> turn of phrase, turn of expression
=> vein
=> verboseness, verbosity
=> writing style, literary genre, genre
=> poetry
Sense 6
lecture, speech, talking to
> rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
=> riot act
=> chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing
=> what for
=> castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down
=> berating, blowing up
=> reproach
=> lecture, speech, talking to
=> correction, chastening, chastisement
=> admonition, admonishment, monition
Sense 7
actor's line, speech, words
> line
=> opening line
=> heading, header, head
=> line of poetry, line of verse
=> by-line, credit line
=> dateline
=> verse, verse line
=> punch line, laugh line, gag line, tag line
=> actor's line, speech, words
=> orphan
=> spiel, patter, line of gab
=> sound bite
=> bottom line
Sense 8
language, speech
> faculty, mental faculty, module
=> attention
=> language, speech
=> memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity
=> reason, understanding, intellect
=> sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
=> volition, will
Meronyms of noun speech
8 senses of speech
Sense 1
address, speech
HAS PART: body
HAS PART: introduction
HAS PART: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
Sense 3
speech
=> utterance, vocalization
HAS PART: phone, speech sound, sound
Sense 4
speech
=> speaking, speech production
=> utterance, vocalization
HAS PART: phone, speech sound, sound
Sense 7
actor's line, speech, words
=> line
=> text, textual matter
HAS PART: word order
HAS PART: book
HAS PART: chapter
HAS PART: foreword, preface, prolusion
HAS PART: paragraph
HAS PART: passage
=> matter
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Sense 8
language, speech
HAS PART: lexis
HAS PART: vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon
Holonyms of noun speech
2 of 8 senses of speech
Sense 5
manner of speaking, speech, delivery
PART OF: paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
Sense 7
actor's line, speech, words
PART OF: dialogue, dialog
Grep of noun speech
defect of speech
figure of speech
freedom of speech
keynote speech
nominating speech
non-standard speech
organ of speech
part-of-speech tagger
part of speech
phatic speech
plosive speech sound
second-hand speech
speech
speech act
speech communication
speech community
speech day
speech defect
speech disorder
speech intelligibility
speech organ
speech pattern
speech perception
speech production
speech rhythm
speech sound
speech spectrum
speech therapist
speech therapy
speechifier
speechlessness
speechmaker
speechmaking
speechwriter
stump speech
visible speech
Grep of verb speech
speech-read
speechify
Grep of adj speech
speech-endowed
speechless
Grep of adv speech
speechlessly
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