Synonyms: rhetoric
Definition: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
Similar words: literary study
Definition: the humanistic study of literature
Synonyms: palaver, empty talk, empty words, hot air, rhetoric
Definition: loud and confused and empty talk
Usage: mere rhetoric
Similar words: hokum, bunk, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality
Definition: a message that seems to convey no meaning
Synonyms: grandiloquence, grandiosity, rhetoric, magniloquence, ornateness
Definition: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Usage: the grandiosity of his prose; an excessive ornateness of language
Similar words: expressive style, style
Definition: a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
Usage: all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper
Synonyms: rhetoric
Definition: using language effectively to please or persuade
Similar words: expressive style, style
Definition: a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
Usage: all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper