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Synonyms for rhetorical in English

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rhetorical:
- rhetorical

English

Detailed Synonyms for rhetorical in English

rhetorical:

rhetorical adj

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rhetorical
- rhetorical adj
rhetorical

– given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought ¹
rhetorical
– given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought ¹
- rhetorical adj
  - mere rhetorical frippery¹
rhetorical

– of or relating to rhetoric ¹
rhetorical
– of or relating to rhetoric ¹
- rhetorical adj
  - accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested¹
  - the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation¹

Related Words for "rhetorical":

rhetorically

Alternate Synonyms for "rhetorical":

expressive style; style
anapestic; anapaestic; bombastic; declamatory; large; orotund; tumid; turgid; flowery; ornate; embellished; empurpled; over-embellished; purple; forensic; grandiloquent; magniloquent; tall; oratorical; poetic; poetical; stylistic; fancy; figurative; nonliteral; formal

Antonyms for "rhetorical":

unrhetorical

Related Definitions for "rhetorical":

given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought¹
- mere rhetorical frippery¹
of or relating to rhetoric¹
- accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested¹
- the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation¹

Related Synonyms for rhetorical

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