'Monologue' definitions:
Definition of 'monologue'
(from WordNet)
noun
Speech you make to yourself [syn: soliloquy, monologue]
noun
A long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
noun
A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
Definition of 'Monologue'
From: GCIDE
- Monologue \Mon"o*logue\, n. [F. monologue, Gr. ? speaking alone; mo`nos alone, single, sole + lo`gos speech, discourse, le`gein to speak. See Legend.]
- 1. A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A dramatic composition for a single performer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'monologue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antimasque,
- aside,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- clockwork regularity,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- constancy,
- critical success,
- daily round,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- dingdong,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- drone,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- even pace,
- even tenor,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- Grand Guignol,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- invariability,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monology,
- monotone,
- monotonousness,
- monotony,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- orderliness,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- Passion play,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- regularity,
- review,
- revue,
- sameliness,
- sameness,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- singsong,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- smoothness,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- soliloquy,
- solo,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- Tom show,
- total theater,
- treadmill,
- undeviation,
- undifferentiation,
- unvariation,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work