monologue

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Noun

monologue (plural monologues)

1. (drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
2. (comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
3. A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.

Synonyms

• (drama) soliloquy

Antonyms

• (a monopolizing utterance) dialogue

Translations

• French: monologue
• German: Monolog, Selbstgespräch
• Portuguese: monólogo
• Russian: моноло́г
• Spanish: monólogo

Translations

• Portuguese: monólogo
• Russian: моноло́г

Translations

• Portuguese: monólogo

Verb

monologue (monologues, present participle monologuing; past and past participle monologued)

1. To deliver a monologue.
   • 1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices

     Powerful parents, in her formulation, feeling themselves autonomous and powerful, give autonomy and power to their children; powerless ones, feeling themselves passive and controlled, in turn exert an excessive control on their children, and monologue at them, instead of having a dialogue with them.

Synonyms

• monologize

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