Antonym: hearer. Similar words: speak, speak up, speak for, to speak of, so to speak, peak, maker, lawmaker. Meaning: ['spɪːkə(r)] 
n. 1. someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) 2. electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance 3. the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly.
n. 1. someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) 2. electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance 3. the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly. 
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181. The final speaker overran by at least half an hour.
182. Don't interrupt the speaker now; he will answer questions later.
183. There was a tight group of people around the speaker.
184. He has a good ear for accents and can usually tell where a speaker comes from.
185. I'm sure you'll all join me in thanking today's speaker.
186. The speaker got off one or two very amusing jokes.
187. The speaker dwelt on a particular point in the argument.
188. A good speaker is able to anticipate an audience's needs and concerns.
189. Have any of the audience had questions for our speaker?
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190. She is a confident and practised speaker who always impresses her audience.
191. The speaker began moralizing on the right way for people to behave, and his listeners soon lost interest.
192. The meeting was disrupted by a group of protesters who shouted and threw fruit at the speaker.
193. The speaker failed to put his ideas over clearly enough so that some misunderstanding arose.
194. Unfortunately, I had to leave just as the speaker was warming to his theme.
195. He was a speaker who could really whip up a crowd.
196. Speaker after speaker mounted/took the platform to denounce the policy.
197. The speaker started with a description of her journey to China.
198. The audience tuned out when the speaker began his long-winded speech.
199. The speaker closed with a word of thanks to the chairman.
200. The speaker has been warned to excite violence in the crowd.
201. The speaker is really telling a pack of lies to the audience.
202. Billy Graham is a speaker who can be sure of playing to a full house .
203. The speaker soon whipped the crowd into a fever of excitement.
204. You have to be a fairly good speaker to hold an audience's attention/interest.
205. The first speaker began to talk, very fast and rather loudly.
206. Sensing the interest of the audience, the speaker warmed to his topic.
207. The crowd fired questions at the speaker for over an hour.
208. The crowd hissed at the speaker when he said taxes should be increased.
209. She was a skilful speaker who knew how to work a crowd .
210. The speaker fired the crowd into marching to Parliament with their de-mands.