orator

Converse of object

• become: A committed socialist he became a well-known street orator.
• spellbind: But Steve is a compelling presence and a spellbinding orator.
• bear: Why, you're a born orator, man!
• hear: Speakers corner is well worth a visit on a Sunday morning to hear the soapbox orators talking politics and religion to the listing crowd.
• do: How does the orator through the power of words succeed?

Converse of subject

• dominate: The diplomatic scene will be dominated by philosophical orators who rave a lot about nothing.

Adjective modifier

• gifted: Robinson was a gifted orator who knew how to talk to the Longbridge workforce.
• brilliant: A brilliant orator, for many years he paid an annual visit to London where he preached in crowded chapels.
• outstanding: Considered by many to be an outstanding orator, he was widely tipped to be a future prime minister.
• great: He was neither a great orator nor a first-rate lecturer.
• powerful: He was now becoming well known as a powerful orator.
• popular: His power as a popular street-corner orator was probably unequaled in that generation.

Modifies a noun

• scheme: Trials are in process at the moment of the Lodge Orator scheme in several Provinces in conjunction with Grand Lodge.

Noun used with modifier

• pulpit: Mr. Guthrie's reputation as a pulpit orator had now been unquestionably established.
• soapbox: Speakers corner is well worth a visit on a Sunday morning to hear the soapbox orators talking politics and religion to the listing crowd.
• commemoration: Once an annual celebration at King's, the first ever Commemoration orator was author and poet G K Chesterton.
• street: A committed socialist he became a well-known street orator.
• box: Prophets were the soap box orators of their time.
• class: Bryan was a seasoned debater and first class orator.

Possessives

• movement: Considered to be one of the movement's best orators, Breckinridge toured the country campaigning for the vote.