Definition of speech

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• speech is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
• speech is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
• speech is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of speech

• (language) communication by word of mouth (noun)

  Examples

  1. his speech was garbled

  Synonyms

  1. language
  2. oral communication
  3. speech communication
  4. spoken communication
  5. spoken language
  6. voice communication
• the mental faculty or power of vocal communication (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. language
• the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. address
• words making up the dialogue of a play (noun)

  Examples

  1. the actor forgot his speech

  Synonyms

  1. actor's line
  2. words
• a lengthy rebuke (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. lecture
  2. talking to
• your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally (noun)

  Examples

  1. her speech was barren of southernisms
  2. I detected a slight accent in his speech

  Synonyms

  1. delivery
  2. manner of speaking
• something spoken (noun)

  Examples

  1. he could hear them uttering merry speeches
• the exchange of spoken words (noun)

  Examples

  1. they were perfectly comfortable together without speech

See definition of speech in Merriam Webster