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enunciated
[ih-nuhn-see-eyt] 
| Main Entry: |
enunciate
[ih-nuhn-see-eyt]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak clearly |
| Synonyms: | affirm, announce, articulate, declare, deliver, develop, enounce, express, intone, lay down, modulate, outline, phonate, postulate, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, say, show, sound, state, submit, utter, vocalize, voice |
| Antonyms: | mispronounce, muffle, mumble |
| Main Entry: | declare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known clearly or officially |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, advance, advocate, affirm, allegate, allege, announce, argue, assert, asservate, attest, aver, avow, be positive, blaze, bring forward, certify, cite, claim, confess, confirm, contend, convey, demonstrate, disclose, enunciate, give out, inform, insist, maintain, manifest, notify, pass, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, put forward, reaffirm, reassert, render, repeat, reveal, set forth, show, sound, state, stress, swear, tell, testify, validate, vouch |
| Antonyms: | deny, disavow, retract |
| Main Entry: | distinct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | apparent, obvious |
| Synonyms: | audible, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, decided, definite, enunciated, evident, explicit, express, incisive, lucid, manifest, marked, noticeable, palatable, patent, perspicuous, plain, prescribed, recognizable, sharp, sharp-cut, specific, transparent, trenchant, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable, well-defined |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, obscure, undefined, vague |
| Main Entry: | emphasize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stress, give priority to |
| Synonyms: | accent, accentuate, affirm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, headline, highlight, hit*, impress, indicate, insist on, italicize, labor the point, limelight, maintain, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, mark, pinpoint, play up, point out*, point up, press, pronounce, punctuate, put accent on, reiterate, repeat, rub in, spotlight*, underline, underscore, weight |
| Antonyms: | depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, make known, manifest, phrase, pop off, proclaim, pronounce, put, put across, put into words, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advertise, make known |
| Synonyms: | affirm, announce, annunciate, blast, blaze, blazon, broadcast, call, circulate, declare, demonstrate, disseminate, enunciate, evidence, evince, exhibit, expound, get on a soapbox, give out, herald, illustrate, indicate, manifest, mark, ostend, pass the word, profess, promulgate, publish, shoot off mouth, shout out, show, sound off, spiel*, spout, spread it around, stump, trumpet, utter, vent, ventilate, voice |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pronounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce words vocally |
| Synonyms: | accent, articulate, enunciate, phonate, say, sound, speak, stress, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice |
| Antonyms: | mumble |
| Main Entry: | report |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate information, knowledge |
| Synonyms: | account for, advise, air, announce, bring word, broadcast, cable, circulate, cover, declare, describe, detail, disclose, document, enunciate, give an account of, give the facts, impart, inform, inscribe, itemize, list, make known, make public, mention, narrate, note, notify, pass on, present, proclaim, promulgate, provide details, publish, recite, record, recount, rehearse, relate, relay, retail, reveal, set forth, spread, state, summarize, telephone, tell, trumpet, wire, write up |
| Antonyms: | conceal, suppress |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, listen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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