Word Meanings - RHETORICAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies
Additional info about word: RHETORICAL
Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense. M. Arnold. -- Rhe*tor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Rhe*tor"ic*al*ness, n.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RHETORICAL)
- Declamatory
- Loud
- noisy
- incoherent
- discursive
- loose
- inconsecutive
- grandiloquent
- rhetorical
- high-sounding
- Dialectic
- Rhetorical
- logical
- argumentative
- Figurative
- Metaphorical
- poetical
- tropical
- symbolical
- typical
- emblematical
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RHETORICAL)
Related words: (words related to RHETORICAL)
- HIGH-SOUNDING
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles. - RETAINMENT
The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More. - FASTENER
One who, or that which, makes fast or firm. - TROPICALLY
In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically. - GRANDILOQUENT
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic. - LOOSE
laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. lös, Goth. laus, and E. lose. 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair, - LOOSEN
Etym: 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening - TYPICAL
Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. -- Typ"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Typ"ic*al*ness, n. (more info) 1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; - NOISY
1. Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd. 2. Full of noise. "The noisy town." Dryden. - LOOSESTRIFE
The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color. Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers. Gray. False loosestrife, a plant - ARGUMENTATIVE
1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse. 2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. - DECLAMATORY
1. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme. 2. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style. - INCOHERENT
1. Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances. Woodward. 2. Wanting coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on another; - POETICALLY
In a poetic manner. - LOGICALNESS
The quality of being logical. - INCONSECUTIVENESS
The state or quality of not being consecutive. J. H. Newman. - LOOSENESS
The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles. - DIALECTIC; DIALECTICAL
1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental. 2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. Earle. - RHETORICAL
Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies - INCOHERENTLY
In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts. - MARTYROLOGIC; MARTYROLOGICAL
Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs. - HOROLOGICAL
Relating to a horologe, or to horology. - EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology. - ANTHROPOLOGIC; ANTHROPOLOGICAL
Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. "Anthropologic wisdom." Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv. - SUBTYPICAL
Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant. - SOCIOLOGIC; SOCIOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science. -- So`ci*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. - METALOGICAL
Beyond the scope or province of logic. - ONTOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to ontology. - OROLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to orology. - AEROLOGIC; AEROLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to aërology. - ASTROLOGIC; ASTROLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. "Astrologi learning." Hudibras. "Astrological prognostication." Cudworth. -- As`tro*log"ic*al*ly, adv. - ASSYRIOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies. - PHYSIOLOGICALLY
In a physiological manner. - MAMMALOGICAL
Of or pertaining to mammalogy. - HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc. - GLOSSOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to glossology. - PHONOLOGIC; PHONOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to phonology. - BIOLOGIC; BIOLOGICAL
Of or relating to biology. -- Bi`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. - MYTHOLOGIC; MYTHOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; mythical; fabulous. -- Myth`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.