弁士・辯士|べんしbenshi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounlecturer; rhetorician; orator
   彼かれらは、弁士べんしを大おおいにほめた。↗

   They paid a high compliment to the speaker.
2. nounnarrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter

• Synonym講師こうしNeutralNeutral: the lecturer giving a course or talk, also a university lecturer's title; 「弁士」 centers on oratory.
• Synonym能弁家のうべんかWrittenWritten register: someone skilled enough at speaking to move an audience. 「弁士」 can also mean simply the speaker himself.
• Synonym演説者えんぜつしゃNeutralNeutral word for a person giving a speech before a crowd; more objective, while 「弁士」 carries an old-fashioned flavor.
• Synonym演説家えんぜつかWrittenWritten register for someone skilled at public speaking, stressing ability; 「弁士」 can also mean the speaker on a given day.
• Synonym弁者べんしゃWrittenWritten register for a person skilled in eloquent speech; used very rarely.
• Synonym雄弁家ゆうべんかWrittenAn orator, stressing persuasiveness; 「弁士」 can also mean a narrator for silent films.
• Synonym講演者こうえんしゃNeutralNeutral word for the lecturer at a lecture or lecture meeting; 「弁士」 centers on oratory and debate.
• Antonym聴衆ちょうしゅうNeutralNeutral antonym: the audience listening to a speech or music — the hearers, opposite the speaker 「弁士」.
• Antonym聞き手ききてNeutralNeutral antonym: the listening side of a conversation, which may be just one person, versus the speaker 「弁士」.

For a speaker in general, say 「講演者」 or 「スピーカー」. Use 「弁士」 for election speeches or a silent-film narrator, as in 「活動弁士」; it has an old-fashioned ring. For an eloquent, persuasive speaker, use 「雄弁家」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 弁舌べんぜつがたくみな人物じんぶつ。
2. 講演こうえんや演説えんぜつなどをする人ひと。
3. 無声むせい映画えいがで、映画えいがの内容ないようを説明せつめいする人ひと。活動かつどう写真しゃしん弁士べんし、活動かつどう弁士べんし、活弁かつべん。