What does debater mean?
Debater means One who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues..
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/dɪˈbeɪtə(ɹ)/ · noun
One who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues..
William is a great debater.
Benjamin Disraeli, who was a pretty bright guy—a novelist, debater, and prime minister of England—tried to identify a person once and ended up exclaiming, "A Polish nobleman, a Count somebody; I never can remember their crack-jaw name."
Chief among the strategies exploiting this rule was "spreading" (a combination of "speed" and "reading"), where debaters would rattle off arguments at a blistering pace. Their speeches often exceeded 300 words per minute. (A conversational pace is about 60 per minute.)
Use debater when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Debater means One who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues..
Common synonyms include arguer, arguee.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
William is a great debater.
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