speak

Verbs

  • (v) express in speech
    • She talks a lot of nonsense
    • This depressed patient does not verbalize
    mouth, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter,
  • (v) exchange thoughts; talk with
    • We often talk business
    • Actions talk louder than words
    talk,
  • (v) use language
    • the baby talks already
    • the prisoner won't speak
    • they speak a strange dialect
    talk,
  • (v) give a speech to
    • The chairman addressed the board of trustees
    address,
  • (v) make a characteristic or natural sound
    • The drums spoke

Synonyms

mouth talk verbalise verbalize utter address

See also

speak up jabber mouth off rabbit on rant rave spout speak for

Words of close approximity

spear
spec spew
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