monologue

Meanings

Noun

• A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
• A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
• A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.

Verb

• To deliver a monologue.

Related

Similar words

• soliloquy
• monologize

Opposite words

• dialogue

Origin

• From circa 1500 borrowing of Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Ancient Greek or via Byzantine Greek μονόλογος ("speaking alone").