MONOLOGUE
monologue
(noun) a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
monologue
(noun) a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
soliloquy, monologue
(noun) speech you make to yourself
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
monologue (plural monologues)
(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
(comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
Synonyms
• (drama): soliloquy
Antonyms
• (a monopolizing utterance): dialogue
Verb
monologue (third-person singular simple present monologues, present participle monologuing, simple past and past participle monologued)
To deliver a monologue.
Synonyms
• monologize
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"o*logue, n. Etym: [F. monologue, Gr. 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.
2. A dramatic composition for a single performer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition