Monologue

Noun

 * 1)  A type of art that consist of soliloquy, a long speech by one person.
 * 2)  A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
 * 3) A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.

Synonyms

 * soliloquy

Antonyms

 * dialogue

Verb

 * 1) To deliver a monologue.

Synonyms

 * monologize

Adjectives for Monologue
indignant; drowsy; inimitable.

Thesaurus
Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, 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, 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, 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, total theater, treadmill, undeviation, undifferentiation, unvariation, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, word-of-mouth success, work

Etymology
Circa 1550, from circa 1500 monologue:, modeled on dialogue:, ultimately from  or via  μονολογος:

Alternative forms

 * monolog

Noun

 * Catalan: monòleg
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 獨白, 独白
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: monologue
 * German:, Selbstgespräch


 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: monólogo
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: monolog


 * Japanese: ,
 * Polish:


 * Russian:


 * Catalan: monòleg


 * Polish:


 * : 独白 dúbái
 * : monologue
 * : monologo


 * : yekbêjî, monolog

Noun

 * 1) monologue

Etymology
Modeled on dialogue:, ultimately from or via  μονολογος: