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Synonyms for rostrum

Most common

podium stump pulpit dais stage beak snout

All synonyms

Noun

1. Dais — A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer

dais, podium, pulpit, stump, platform, soap box, ambo

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer.

Related words

Word family
rostrate

Forms

Plural
rostrums → daises, podiums, pulpits, stumps…

Example sentences

  • podium I knew I could get a podium, and that's all I wanted.
  • stump But I have nothing left. I am just an old stump.
  • pulpit From the pulpit, he preached about love and forgiveness.
  • dais The speaker pounded on the dais as they emphatically made their point.
  • stage Yesterday, we finished constructing the new stage.
  • beak They have a bent nose, like the beak of a crow.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rostrumfalling
podiumrising
stumpsteady
pulpitsteady
daisrising
stagesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
beak1, dais1, ambo
5 letters
stage1, stump1, snout1
6 letters
podium3, pulpit2
8 letters
platform2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (podium3 = 3 syllables).

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