keynote address

noun

: an address designed to present the issues of primary interest to an assembly (such as a political convention) and often to arouse unity and enthusiasm

called also keynote speech

Examples of keynote address in a Sentence

Many of the convention guests left after the keynote address.

Recent Examples on the Web

Former Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield supported the initiative during his keynote address in Toronto. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

The major draw of Day One was the keynote address from legendary actress and activist Jane Fonda who spoke with Stacy Sims, PhD, exercise physiologist and chief scientific advisor at Livelong Media, about The Third Act of life. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 29 Sep. 2026

Altman delivered the keynote address for OpenAI’s annual conference for software developers on Tuesday in San Francisco. — Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Now Meta just needs to keep the momentum going, starting with Wednesday night’s keynote address from CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Meta Connect developers conference. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for keynote address

• icbms
• abbess
• abscess
• access
• assess
• caress
• confess
• depress
• digress
• distress
• egress
• excess

Kids Definition

keynote address

noun

: the main speech given at a gathering (as a political convention)