Synonyms for oration
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A formal, often ceremonial speech.
a funeral oration; an impassioned oration; to make / deliver / pronounce an oration
- v. 1
To deliver an oration; to speak.
Choose the right word
A speech may be the delivering of one's sentiments in the simplest way; an oration is an elaborate and prepared speech; a harangue is a vehement appeal to passion, or a speech that has something disputatious and combative in it.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- speech I was able to grasp the main points of the speech.
- lecture I ought to have attended the lecture but I didn't.
- eulogy What's the difference between an elegy and a eulogy?
By length
- 5 letters
- spiel1, orate
- 6 letters
- speech1, sermon2, eulogy3, homily3
- 7 letters
- address2, lecture2
- 8 letters
- harangue2
- 9 letters
- discourse2, sermonize, sermonise, speechify3
- 11 letters
- declamation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sermon2 = 2 syllables).