HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| NOUN | 1 | rhetoric | Using language effectively to please or persuade |
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| 2 | rhetoric, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence | High-flown style | |
| 3 | rhetoric, palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk | Loud and confused and empty talk | |
| 4 | rhetoric | Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) |
| Sounds | reh'terihk |
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| Rhymes | academic, acerbic, acetic, and 708 more rhymes in ihk... |
| Meaning | Using language effectively to please or persuade. |
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| Parts | rhetorical device |
| Broader | expressive style, style |
| Adjectives | rhetorical |
| Nouns | rhetorician |
| Meaning | High-flown style. Excessive use of verbal ornamentation. |
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| Synonyms | grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence |
| Broader | expressive style, style |
| Narrower | flourish; bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah |
| Meaning | Loud and confused and empty talk. |
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| Examples | "mere rhetoric" |
| Synonyms | palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk |
| Broader | nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum |
| Meaning | Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking). |
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| Category of | tropical; anacoluthic; exordium; narration; peroration; rhetorical device; epanodos; epanodos; ploce; allocution |
| Broader | literary study |
| Adjectives | rhetorical; rhetorical |
| Nouns | rhetorician |
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