Antonyms of adj rhetorical
1 of 2 senses of rhetorical
Sense 2
rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical) -- (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery")
unrhetorical (vs. rhetorical) -- (not rhetorical)
=> matter-of-fact, prosaic -- (not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay")
=> plainspoken -- (using simple and direct language; "a plainspoken country doctor")
Similarity of adj rhetorical
2 senses of rhetorical
Sense 1
rhetorical -- (of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford)
Sense 2
rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical) -- (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery")
=> bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid -- (ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose")
=> flowery, ornate -- (marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton)
=> empurpled, over-embellished, purple -- (excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away")
=> forensic -- (of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument)
=> grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall -- (lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying")
=> oratorical -- (characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert Graves)
=> poetic, poetical -- (characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction")
=> stylistic -- (of or relating to style (especially in the use of language); "stylistic devices")
Also See-> fancy#1; figurative#1, nonliteral#1
