speaker

1. Someone who expresses in language;
   Someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) (synset 110649550)
   "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
   is a type of: articulator - someone who pronounces words
   subtypes:

   • alliterator - a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
   • caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner - the person initiating a telephone call
   • babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
   • conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer - someone skilled at conversation
   • dictator - a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
   • drawler - someone who speaks with a drawl
   • driveller, jabberer - someone whose talk is trivial drivel
   • ejaculator - a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation
   • growler - a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl
   • asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner - someone who asks a question
   • lecturer - someone who lectures professionally
   • lisper - a speaker who lisps
   • mentioner - a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally
   • motormouth - someone who talks incessantly
   • mumbler, murmurer, mutterer - a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
   • narrator, storyteller, teller - someone who tells a story
   • orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker - a person who delivers a speech or oration
   • prattler - someone who speaks in a childish way
   • ranter, raver - someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
   • reciter - someone who recites from memory
   • native speaker - a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood
   • stammerer, stutterer - someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions
   • stentor - a speaker with an unusually loud voice
   • talking head - a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen
   • venter - a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
   • vociferator - a loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest)
   • voicer - a speaker who voices an opinion
   • wailer - a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries
   • whisperer - one who speaks in a whisper
   • informant, witness, witnesser - someone who sees an event and reports what happened
   same as: talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer
2. Electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance (synset 103696785)
   is a type of: electro-acoustic transducer - a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa
   subtypes:

   • bullhorn, loud hailer, loud-hailer - a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier
   • intercom speaker, squawk box, squawker - the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system
   • subwoofer - a loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies
   • tannoy - a loudspeaker
   • tweeter - a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds
   • woofer - a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds
   is a part of: p.a., p.a. system, pa, pa system, public address system - an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas
   same as: loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit
3. The presiding officer of a deliberative assembly (synset 110650671)
   "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives"
   is a type of: presiding officer - the leader of a group meeting

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