RHETORIC as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
   Hypernyms(s) rhetoric is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • literary study (what does literary study mean?)
2. Meaning
   • loud and confused and empty talk
   Synonym(s)
   • empty talk (what does empty talk mean?)
   • empty words (what does empty words mean?)
   • hot air (what does hot air mean?)
   • palaver (what does palaver mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • mere rhetoric
   Hypernyms(s) rhetoric is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • nonsense (what does nonsense mean?)
   • bunk (what does bunk mean?)
   • nonsensicality (what does nonsensicality mean?)
   • meaninglessness (what does meaninglessness mean?)
   • hokum (what does hokum mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • chatter (what does chatter mean?)
   • piffle (what does piffle mean?)
   • palaver (what does palaver mean?)
   • prate (what does prate mean?)
   • tittle-tattle (what does tittle-tattle mean?)
   • twaddle (what does twaddle mean?)
   • clack (what does clack mean?)
   • maunder (what does maunder mean?)
   • prattle (what does prattle mean?)
   • blab (what does blab mean?)
   • gibber (what does gibber mean?)
   • tattle (what does tattle mean?)
   • blabber (what does blabber mean?)
   • gabble (what does gabble mean?)
3. Meaning
   • high flown style
   • excessive use of verbal ornamentation
   Synonym(s)
   • grandiloquence (what does grandiloquence mean?)
   • grandiosity (what does grandiosity mean?)
   • magniloquence (what does magniloquence mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) rhetoric is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • expressive style (what does expressive style mean?)
   • style (what does style mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • flourish (what does flourish mean?)
   • bombast (what does bombast mean?)
   • fustian (what does fustian mean?)
   • rant (what does rant mean?)
   • claptrap (what does claptrap mean?)
   • blah (what does blah mean?)
4. Meaning
   • using language effectively to please or persuade
   Hypernyms(s) rhetoric is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • expressive style (what does expressive style mean?)
   • style (what does style mean?)