Synonyms for declamatory
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Bombastic
bombastic, rhetorical, pompous, grandiose, turgid, pretentious, high-sounding, highfalutin, large, grandiloquent, tumid, orotund, magniloquent, stilted, inflated
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Having the quality of a declamation.
Example sentences
- rhetorical A rhetorical question does not require an answer.
- pompous It's much too pompous for such a trivial thing.
- grandiose Sociopaths have a grandiose sense of self.
- bombastic I don't usually like bombastic music.
- oratorical An oratorical contest will be held next Sunday.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| declamatory | steady | |
| rhetorical | rising | |
| pompous | rising | |
| grandiose | steady | |
| bombastic | rising | |
| oratorical | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- large1, tumid
- 6 letters
- turgid2
- 7 letters
- pompous2, stilted2, orotund
- 8 letters
- inflated3
- 9 letters
- grandiose3, bombastic3
- 10 letters
- rhetorical4, oratorical5
- 11 letters
- pretentious3, highfalutin4
- 12 letters
- magniloquent
- 13 letters
- grandiloquent4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (turgid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- déclamatoire
- Italiano
- declamatorio