Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rhetorical_question
1 sense of rhetorical question
Sense 1
rhetorical question -- (a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions")
=> statement -- (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day")