RHETORIC

n. 1 eloquence, expressiveness, elocution, way with words, Colloq gift of the gab His rhetoric, though it defied analysis, exactly reflected the emotions of the Labour movement 2 bombast, bluster, fustian, rodomontade, grandiloquence, magniloquence, oratory, windiness, high-flown poppycock, wordiness, sesquipedality, verbosity, prolixity, long-windedness, turgidity, flatulence, gasconade, Colloq hot air, puffery Her threats are mere rhetoric and I refuse to take notice of them