rhetoric

Other forms of rhetoric

plural

rhetorics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rhetoric

What does rhetoric mean?

rhetoric means "using language effectively to please or persuade". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rhetoric?

rhetoric has 3 syllables: rhet-o-ric. The stress falls on "rhet". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛtɚɪk/.

What is another word for rhetoric?

Close synonyms include grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, palaver. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rhetoric a common word?

rhetoric is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.