Definitions For Rhetoric

noun

  • Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
  • Loud and confused and empty talk
  • High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  • Using language effectively to please or persuade
  • Language that is intended to influence people and that may not be honest or reasonable
  • The art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people

Is Rhetoric a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
13

The word Rhetoric is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Rhetoric in a Sentence

  • A college course in rhetoric
  • The mayor's promise to fight drugs was just rhetoric, since there was no money in the city budget for a drug program

Synonyms for Rhetoric

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