Synonyms of oration

oration

noun

ə-ˈrā-shən 

as in speech

a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience

the celebrated orations of Daniel Webster in unwavering support of the federal union

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speech
• declamation
• peroration
• sermon
• lecture
• address
• harangue
• talk
• presentation
• monologue
• eulogy
• tribute
• diatribe
• panegyric
• tirade
• soliloquy
• rant
• homily
• salutatory
• keynote address
• keynote speech
• monolog
• spiel
• pitch

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of oration

Those remarks were intended as a brief and formal follow-up to Everett’s two-hour oration dedicating the opening of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg. —Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024

The rest needed little exaggeration: the property had a massive stone that George Washington once gave spirited orations from; clusters of money were said to be buried in the backwoods. —Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024

The most famous defense of democracy, the funeral oration of Pericles, is about the harmony of risk and freedom. —Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022

Students heard dueling orations that denounced the Nixon administration and Students for a Democratic Society. —Jason Farago, New York Times, 23 May 2024