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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lengthen, draw out |
| Synonyms: | chant, drag out, drone, extend, intone, nasalize, prolong, pronounce slowly, protract, utter |
| Antonyms: | clip, shorten |
| 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: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce words; inform |
| Synonyms: | articulate, babble, broach, chant, chat, chatter, comment on, communicate, confess, converse, describe, divulge, drawl, drone, express, flap one's tongue, gab, gabble, give voice to, gossip, influence, intone, notify, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, prate, prattle, pronounce, reveal, rhapsodize, run on, say, sing*, soliloquize, speak, spill the beans, spout, squeak, squeal, talk one's leg off, tell, tell all, use, utter, ventriloquize, verbalize, voice, yak |
| Antonyms: | listen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pronunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way something is said |
| Synonyms: | accent, articulation, diction, drawl, elocution, enunciation, orthoepy, phonemics, phonetics, phonology, speech, syllabification, twang, utterance |
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