Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun speaker
3 senses of speaker
Sense 1
speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser -- (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims")
=> articulator -- (someone who pronounces words)
Sense 2
loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system -- (electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance)
=> electro-acoustic transducer -- (a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa)
Sense 3
Speaker -- (the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives")
=> presiding officer -- (the leader of a group meeting)