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| Main Entry: | speak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk |
| Synonyms: | allege, articulate, assert, aver, blab*, break silence, chat, chew*, communicate, converse, convey, declare, deliver, descant, discourse, drawl, enunciate, expatiate, express, gab*, gas*, go*, jaw*, lip*, make known, make public, modulate, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, open one's mouth, perorate, pop off*, pronounce, put into words, rap*, say, shout, sound, speak one's piece, spiel*, spill, state, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, yak*, yakkety-yak, yammer |
| Notes: | say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, listen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | speak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | address; give a lecture |
| Synonyms: | argue, declaim, descant, discourse, get across, harangue, orate, pitch, plead, recite, spiel*, spout*, stump, talk, hold forth, prelect, sermonize |
| Antonyms: | listen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express opinion publicly |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, expose, proclaim, publicize, publish, put, reveal, speak, state, tell, utter, ventilate, voice, make known, make public |
| Antonyms: | suppress, be quiet |
| Main Entry: | articulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say clearly, coherently |
| Synonyms: | enunciate, express, mouth, pronounce, say, speak, state, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, sound off |
| Antonyms: | bumble, misrepresent, misspeak |
| Main Entry: | confer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, deliberate |
| Synonyms: | advise, argue, bargain, blitz*, brainstorm*, breeze*, collogue, confab, confabulate, consult, converse, deal, debate, discourse, flap*, gab*, get heads together, give meeting, groupthink, huddle, jaw, kick ideas around, negotiate, parley, pick one's brain, powwow*, speak, talk, toss ideas around, treat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | converse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk |
| Synonyms: | chat, chitchat*, commune, confer, discourse, exchange, gab*, parley, rap*, speak, use, yak*, chew the fat, schmooze |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, be silent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | declaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | proclaim; get on a soapbox |
| Synonyms: | attack, declare, decry, denounce, harangue, inveigh, lecture, mouth, orate, perorate, proclaim, rail, rant, recite, speak, spiel*, spout*, bloviate, blow hot air, hold forth, pile it on, soapbox, talk big |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dictate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | read out for the record |
| Synonyms: | compose, deliver, emit, formulate, interview, orate, say, speak, talk, transmit, utter, verbalize, draft correspondence, give account, give forth, prepare draft |
| Main Entry: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, belch, breathe, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield, cast out, disembogue, give out, give vent to, send forth, send out |
| Antonyms: | conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | articulate; signify, mean |
| Synonyms: | add up to*, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, phrase, proclaim, pronounce, put, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word, make known, pop off*, put across, put into words |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intercede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mediate |
| Synonyms: | advocate, arbitrate, barge in, butt in*, intermediate, interpose, intervene, intrude, negotiate, plead, reconcile, speak, step in, mix in, monkey with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a lesson, speech |
| Synonyms: | address, declaim, deliver, discourse, expound, harangue, orate, recite, speak, spiel*, spout, talk, teach, get on a soapbox, give a talk, hold forth, prelect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say low and inarticulately |
| Synonyms: | grumble, maunder, murmur, mutter, ramble, rumble, speak, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whimper, whine, whisper, say to oneself |
| Antonyms: | speak clearly |
| Main Entry: | notify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, air, alert, announce, apprise, assert, blazon, brief, broadcast, cable, caution, circulate, convey, cue, debrief, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, express, fill in, give, herald, hint, mention, pass out, post, proclaim, promulgate, publish, radio, report, reveal, speak, spread, state, suggest, talk, teach, telephone, tell, vent, warn, wire, write, clue in, let in on, let know, make known, send word, tip off, wise up |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, suppress |
| Main Entry: | pipe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a sound; peep |
| Synonyms: | blubber*, cheep*, cry, play, say, shout, sing, sob, sound, speak, talk, toot*, trill, tweet, twitter, wail, warble, weep, whistle, boohoo* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pronounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce words vocally |
| Synonyms: | accent, articulate, enunciate, say, sound, speak, stress, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, phonate |
| Antonyms: | mumble |
| Main Entry: | read |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express, state |
| Synonyms: | affirm, announce, assert, declaim, deliver, display, explain, expound, hold, indicate, mark, paraphrase, pronounce, recite, record, register, render, say, show, speak, utter, restate |
| Main Entry: | recite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | read out loud; narrate |
| Synonyms: | account for, address, answer, chant, communicate, convey, declaim, delineate, deliver, describe, detail, discourse, dramatize, enact, enlarge, enumerate, expatiate, explain, impart, interpret, itemize, mention, parrot*, perform, picture, portray, quote, recapitulate, recount, rehearse, relate, render, repeat, reply, report, speak, state, tell, utter, give a report, give an account, give verbal account, hold forth, reel off, retell, soliloquize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | notice and comment |
| Synonyms: | behold, catch, crack*, declare, descry, espy, heed, make out, mark, mention, mouth off*, note, observe, perceive, reflect, regard, say, see, speak, spot, state, utter, wisecrack, animadvert, commentate, pass comment, pick up on, take note, take notice |
| Antonyms: | hold back, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | salute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | greet; honor |
| Synonyms: | accost, acknowledge, address, bow, congratulate, hail, receive, recognize, speak, welcome, call to, pay homage, pay respects, pay tribute, present arms, snap to attention, take hat off to |
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