ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsRrhetorician
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rhetorician
Meaning: person skilled in persuasive or formal public speaking
rhetorician in a sentence
How rhetorician is used in real sentences:
The gifted rhetorician persuaded the divided assembly to support the treaty.
The rhetorician used vivid comparisons to make the complex proposal seem reasonable.
“At a public budget hearing, the agency spokesman, a practiced rhetorician, turned a technical correction into a promise of more trustworthy forecasts.”
— from the passage The Drift Above
Synonyms for rhetorician
Other words for rhetorician — orator, rhetor and speaker — carry the same meaning.
- orator
- rhetor
- speaker
Antonyms of rhetorician
Words that mean the opposite of rhetorician:
- mumbler
- inarticulate speaker
Where it comes from
From Greek rhetor, meaning 'public speaker.'
Memory hook
RHETORIC + IAN: a person trained in rhetoric is a rhetorician.
Practice rhetorician in the app