Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | afterword |
| Synonyms: | coda, concluding speech, conclusion, ending, finale, follow-up, peroration, postlude, postscript, sequel, summation, swan song |
| Antonyms: | foreword, introduction, preface |
| Main Entry: | swan song |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | final performance |
| Synonyms: | adieu, climax, closer, coda, conclusion, crowning achievement, crowning glory, culmination, dying words, end piece, envoi, epilogue, famous last words, farewell, farewell performance, final appearance, final appearance or performance, final gesture, finis, goodbye, last act, last hurrah, last shot, last words, parting song, peroration, windup |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech, address to group |
| Synonyms: | allocution, chalk talk, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, lecture, monologue, oration, peroration, prelection, recitation, screed, sermon, spiel* |
| Antonyms: | listening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | utterance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revelation |
| Synonyms: | announcement, articulation, assertion, asseveration, declaration, delivery, discourse, ejaculation, expression, opinion, oration, peroration, pronouncement, rant, recitation, remark, reply, response, saying, sentence, speaking, speech, spiel, statement, talk, vent, verbalization, vocalization, vociferation, voice, word, words |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Main Entry: | recapitulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summary that repeats |
| Synonyms: | peroration, reprise, summary |
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