Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun valedictory

1 sense of valedictory

Sense 1
valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration, valedictory -- (a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class))
       => oratory -- (addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory")

Antonyms of adj valedictory

1 of 2 senses of valedictory

Sense 2
valedictory -- (of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address")

INDIRECT (VIA exaugural) -> inaugural -- (occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction; "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball")

Similarity of adj valedictory

2 senses of valedictory

Sense 1
valedictory -- (of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; "a valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory gesture")

Sense 2
valedictory -- (of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address")
       => exaugural (vs. inaugural) -- (occurring at or marking the close of a term of office; "an exaugural message")