Phrase Hound found 84 phrases and 48 compound words that contain speech. The most common are listed below. Open speech in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 84
- free speechFreedom of speech; the ability or right to express one's opinions, particularly (strictly) the legal right to do so without the government forbidding it via laws, but also (loosely) the ability to do so without facing social repercussions …
- part of speechA linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb.
- speech recognitionThe function of a front-end software system which processes input in the form of spoken language into a sequence of phonemes or characters, or into electronic commands for a computing system.
- figure of speechA word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.
- freedom of speechThe right of citizens to speak, or otherwise communicate, without fear of harm or prosecution.
- hate speechSpeech that attacks or disparages a person or group of persons on the basis of origin, race, nationality, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
- parts of speechplural of part of speech: A linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb.
- speech therapyThe study and correction of a person's speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders.
- direct speechThe verbatim representation of a speaker's words, usually enclosed in quotation marks and often introduced by a reporting clause.
- pressure of speecha proclivity to speak with rapidity and intensity without apparent motivation, commonly seen as a marker for a manic episode of bipolar disorder
- speech communityA group of people sharing a language, or a particular way of using that language
- reported speechA grammatical construction used to represent another person's words, thoughts, or statements indirectly rather than by quoting them verbatim, often involving a change in tense.
- speech actAn act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.
- Black SpeechA constructed language designed by J. R. R. Tolkien, intended to be associated with evil.
- keynote speechA speech that sets the central theme of a conference, seminar or other event.
- figures of speechplural of figure of speech: A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.
- speech bubbleA rounded outline, containing words, representing speech in a comic.
- text-to-speechThe conversion of language text into speech using voice synthesis.
- speech disorderAny mental or bodily malfunction that makes expressing oneself by speech difficult.
- speech therapistA clinician specializing in speech therapy, or logopedics.
- liberty of speechSynonym of freedom of speech: The right of citizens to speak, or otherwise communicate, without fear of harm or prosecution.
- Visible SpeechAn early phonetic alphabet, devised by Alexander Melville Bell in 1867, with the characters intended to suggest the articulations of the speech organs when uttering them.
- plain speechA distinctive Quaker dialect of English, reformed on religious grounds and characterized by features such as use of the pronoun “thou” and numerical names for months and days of the week.
- speech communitiesplural of speech community: A group of people sharing a language, or a particular way of using that language
- speech markA quotation mark used to indicate speech.
Compound words 48
- speechlessNot speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.; wordless.
- speechwriterSomeone who writes speeches for others, especially as a profession.
- speechwritingThe craft or activity of writing speeches, usually for delivery by someone else
- bespeechTo address in speech
- speechfulvoluble; loquacious
- speechloreThe science, study, or knowledge of language or speech; linguistics.
- cyberspeechSpeech on the Internet or in cyberspace (especially in discussions of free speech).
- SpetchleyA hamlet and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8954).
- furspeechSlang used by the furry subculture.
- speechmakerOne who makes a speech.