Speaker

Quick meaning: Speaker is a noun meaning One who speaks.

Meaning

One who speaks.

More Meanings

1. Loudspeaker.
2. Speakerphone.
3. One who makes a speech to an audience.
4. (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
5. (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
6. (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
7. (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.

Example Sentences

you're on speaker

I'm gonna put you on speaker now

Near-synonyms: orator, presenter, announcer

There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents.

Word Forms

• speakers

Synonyms for speaker

Depending on context, synonyms include talker, speechmaker, orator, presenter, announcer, loudspeaker.

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