diction

Main Entry:
diction [dik-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: style of speech; articulation
Synonyms: command of language, delivery, elocution, eloquence, enunciation, expression, fluency, gift of gab, inflection, intonation, language, line, lingo, locution, oratory, parlance, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronunciation, rhetoric, usage, verbalism, verbiage, vocabulary, wordage, wording
Main Entry: cant
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: jargon
Synonyms: argot, dialect, diction, idiom, language, lingo, patois, patter, phraseology, slang, vernacular, vocabulary
Antonyms: standard
Main Entry: delivery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: articulation of message
Synonyms: accent, diction, elocution, emphasis, enunciation, inflection, intonation, modulation, pronunciation, speech, utterance
Antonyms: quiet, secrecy
Main Entry: elocution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: articulation
Synonyms: declamation, delivery, diction, dramatic, eloquence, enunciation, expression, locution, oratory, pronunciation, public speaking, reading, rhetoric, speech, speechcraft, speechmaking, utterance, voice culture, voice production
Antonyms: inarticulation, mispronouncement
Main Entry: eloquence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: skillful way with words
Synonyms: ability, appeal, articulation, command of language, delivery, diction, dramatic, expression, expressiveness, expressivity, facility, fervor, flow, fluency, force, forcefulness, gift of gab, grandiloquence, loquacity, meaningfulness, mellifluousness, oration, oratory, passion, persuasiveness, poise, power, rhetoric, spirit, style, vigor, vivacity, volubility, wit, wittiness
Antonyms: dullness, inarticulateness
Main Entry: expression
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: verbalization
Synonyms: announcement, argument, articulation, assertion, asseveration, choice of words, commentary, communication, declaration, definition, delivery, diction, elucidation, emphasis, enunciation, execution, explanation, exposition, formulation, idiom, interpretation, intonation, issue, language, locution, mention, narration, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronouncement, remark, rendition, set phrase, speaking, speech, statement, style, term, turn of phrase, utterance, vent, voice, voicing, word, writ
Main Entry: language
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: system of words for communication
Synonyms: accent, argot, articulation, brogue, cant, communication, conversation, dialect, diction, dictionary, discourse, doublespeak, expression, gibberish, idiom, interchange, jargon, lexicon, lingua franca, palaver, parlance, patois, phraseology, prose, signal, slang, sound, speech, style, talk, terminology, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocabulary, vocalization, voice, word, wording
Notes: don't use 'language' when you mean 'writing system' - Chinese is a spoken language with no characters; the Chinese writing system uses thousands of characters
Main Entry: locution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: phrasing
Synonyms: accent, articulation, dialect, diction, expression, inflection, language, phraseology
Main Entry: oratory
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: public speaking
Synonyms: articulation, declamation, diction, elocution, eloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric, speaking, speech, speechifying, speechmaking
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