speakers

noun

plural of speaker
1
as in chairpersons
a person in charge of a meeting the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter

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2
as in spokesmen
a person who speaks for another or for a group unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department

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3
as in lecturers
a person who makes usually formal public speeches the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad

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Recent Examples of speakers During the meeting, speakers also made anti-Islamic comments about the mosque. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026 George Clooney, Venice chief Alberto Barbera and Venice jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal are among speakers set to take part in the second CAA and Finch & Partners The Future of… Creativity forum, which will take place during the festival. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 Pluss and several other speakers also discussed downgrades to certain hospital supplies, like tape and IVs. — Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026 Evaluate how different rhetorical moves support speakers’ arguments and how they are received by the audience. — USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 The speakers produce sound under some circumstances (more on that later). — ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026 With so many speakers in different places, Spanish has developed ten different main dialects. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 My first stop was Willow House, a café and bakery where washi lanterns cast gentle light onto the natural-wood interiors and jazz seeps from the speakers. — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2026 The Austin Convention Center, which always held the majority of the festival’s panels and speakers, closed for redevelopment in late 2025. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speakers
  1. chairpersons
  2. spokesmen
  3. lecturers
  4. presidents
  5. chairmen
  6. moderators
Noun
  • There have been four different PCB chairpersons since 2022 and each has brought in a different vision and a new set of executives to run the board.
    — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The existing committee chairpersons are tasked with facilitating meetings and placing items on their agendas.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
Definition of chairpersons
Noun
  • Mahomes and Gronkowski will serve as spokesmen and promote Friday Night 5G Lights on social media.
    — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Tiger and Rory ultimately became friends and fellow spokesmen for Nike.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of spokesmen
Noun
  • The California Faculty Association, which represents nearly 30,000 professors, lecturers, counselors and librarians at the CSU, also opposed the bills.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But lecturers increasingly used images to bring new groups of people into science.
    — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026
Definition of lecturers
Noun
  • In truth, presidents do not spend much time thinking about space in general, or NASA in particular.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026
  • In that span, the United States has had 10 presidents, but the Eagles have released only seven studio albums, six of them during the first decade.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of presidents
Noun
  • The 46-year-old is the oldest son of Denise and John York, the co-chairmen of the 49ers.
    — David Close, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Both are already chairmen of other important committees, though.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 12 July 2026
Definition of chairmen
Noun
  • Hilton’s sister, Barbara Giarraffa, frightened fans and TikTok moderators were among those who called authorities.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Matt Black and Ryan Polly direct the story of a demonic entity that stalks message board moderators.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of moderators

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“Speakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speakers. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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