monologuist

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

mon•o•logue or mon•o•log /ˈmɑnəˌlɔg, -ˌlɑg/   n. [countable]

1. Show Business a dramatic piece spoken by a single performer.
2. a long speech by a single speaker.

mon•o•log•ist, mon•o•logu•ist /ˈmɑnəˌlɔgɪst, -ˌlɑgɪst/  n. [countable] See -log-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mon•o•logue  (mon′ə lôg′, -log′), n. 

1. Show Business a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker:
   a comedian's monologue.
2. a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, esp. one dominating or monopolizing a conversation.
3. Literature any composition, as a poem, in which a single person speaks alone.
4. Show Business a part of a drama in which a single actor speaks alone; soliloquy.

Also, mon′o•log′. 

• French, on the model of dialogue dialogue; compare Greek monólogos speaking alone
• 1615–25

mon•o•log•ic  (mon′ə loj′ik), mon′o•log′i•cal, adj.  mon•o•log•ist  (mon′ə lô′gist, -log′ist, mə nol′ə jist), mon•o•logu•ist  (mon′ə lô′gist, -log′ist), n.