rhetoric

rhetoric is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.
2. noun. Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force.
3. noun. Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling.
4. noun. Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.
5. noun. study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
6. noun. loud and confused and empty talk

   "mere rhetoric"

   Synonyms: palaver

7. noun. high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

   "the grandiosity of his prose"

   "an excessive ornateness of language"

   Synonyms: grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness

8. noun. using language effectively to please or persuade

Synonyms

palaver, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rhetoric:

torchier

Common word forms

rhetorics, rhetorical

Words from these letters

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