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 Other speakers at the event Monday, which was organized by community groups seeking to reopen the hospital, emphasized the need for care to be restored. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026 Our Mazda3 Turbo Premium Plus test vehicle came with all the bells and whistles like a Bose premium audio system with 12 speakers, a 360-view monitor. — Keith Laing, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 But there’s also an active noise cancellation system that uses the new, very thin membrane speakers that JLR developed together with Warwick Audio that are mounted in the seat headrests. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026 Other speakers, including those who work in public service, asked the board to sufficiently fund public programs that have long had to go without sufficient funding. — Sofi Zeman august 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026 Countless speakers left the Pale of Settlement – the territory in Eastern Europe where Jews had been granted permission to live under an edict of the Russian czars. — Ilan Stavans, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 Many speakers opposed to the project received applause, such as Kathy Stricklin. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The stadium featured at least 300 speakers in multiple locations. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026 During the meeting, speakers also made anti-Islamic comments about the mosque. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 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 5 Sep. 2026.

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