rhetorical
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of or relating to rhetoric
accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
mere rhetorical frippery
Related & opposite
- figurative also see
- fancy also see
- unrhetorical antonym
- rhetoric derivation
- tumid similar to
- ornate similar to
- empurpled similar to
- forensic similar to
- grandiloquent similar to
- oratorical similar to
- poetical similar to
- stylistic similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rhetoric |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | rhetoric |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | figurative |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | fancy |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unrhetorical |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rhetoric |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | tumid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ornate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | empurpled |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | forensic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | grandiloquent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | oratorical |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | poetical |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | stylistic |