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Synonyms for speaker

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Orator — one who makes a speech to an audience

orator, presenter, announcer, speechmaker rare

2. Several senses

talker, utterer rare, verbaliser rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    One who makes a speech to an audience.

    hired speaker;   motivational speaker

  2. n. 2

    One who speaks.

    There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents.

Forms

Plural
speakers → orators, presenters, announcers, speechmakers…

Example sentences

  • presenter This TV presenter is nothing more than a foul mouth.
  • announcer William continued his career as a radio announcer.
  • orator An orator is made, but a poet is born.
  • talker People are likely to be deceived by a smooth talker.
  • chairman Mr Smith was announced as the succeeding chairman.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
speakersteady
presenterrising
announcersteady
oratorsteady
talkerrising
chairmanfalling

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

By length

6 letters
talker2, orator3
7 letters
utterer
8 letters
chairman2
9 letters
presenter3, spokesman2, announcer3
10 letters
mouthpiece2, verbaliser, prolocutor
11 letters
speechmaker

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (talker2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
locuteur
Español
locutor
Deutsch
Sprecher