Soliloquy

Quick meaning: Soliloquy is a noun meaning (drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.

Meaning

(drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.

More Meanings

1. (authorship) A speech or written discourse in this form.
2. (rare) To issue a soliloquy.

Example Sentences

At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.

Here is a very over-simplified example, this time expressed in the form of a subjective soliloquy rather than a computer simulation.

Yet if I were to say […] that Hamlet's soliloquy had been much over-rated, it would not be said, on this account, that I was unable to appreciate Shakespeare.

The feeling of Singleton's bosom grew heightened in its tone of melancholy, and a more passionate emphasis of thought broke forth in his half-muttered soliloquy:— ¶"How I remember as I look […]

Word Forms

• soliloquies
• soliloquying
• soliloquing
• soliloquied

Synonyms for soliloquy

Depending on context, synonyms include soliloquize, monologue.

Antonyms for soliloquy

Common opposites include colloquy, dialogue, dialog.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include monologue, self-talk, side, dialogue, dialog, introspection.

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