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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into words or song |
| Synonyms: | belt out, canary, chant, chirp, communicate, convey, croon, emit, enunciate, express, give out, groan, impart, let out, moan, pronounce, say, shout, sing, sound, speak, talk, utter, vent, verbalize, voice, warble, yodel |
| Main Entry: | chant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sing simple song or song part |
| Synonyms: | cantillate, carol, chorus, croon, descant, doxologize, drone, intone, recite, shout, tune, vocalize, warble |
| Main Entry: | enunciate |
| 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: | mumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say low and inarticulately |
| Synonyms: | grumble, maunder, murmur, mutter, ramble, rumble, say to oneself, speak, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whimper, whine, whisper |
| Antonyms: | speak clearly |
| Main Entry: | murmur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make low, continuous sound |
| Synonyms: | babble, burble, buzz, drip, drone, flow, growl, gurgle, hum, meander, moan, mumble, mutter, purl, purr, ripple, rumble, stage-whisper, stammer, stutter, susurrate, tinkle, trickle, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper |
| Antonyms: | speak clearly |
| Main Entry: | pronounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce words vocally |
| Synonyms: | accent, articulate, enunciate, phonate, say, sound, speak, stress, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
| Antonyms: | mumble |
| Main Entry: | sing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry a tune with one's voice |
| Synonyms: | belt out, burst into song, buzz*, canary, cantillate, carol, chant, chirp, choir, croon, descant, duet, groan*, harmonize, hum, hymn, intone, lift up a voice, line out, lullaby, make melody, mouth, pipe, purr, resound, roar, serenade, shout, singsong, solo, trill, troll, tune, vocalize, wait, warble, whine, whistle, yodel |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | utter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say, reveal |
| Synonyms: | affirm, air, announce, articulate, assert, asseverate, blurt, bring out, chime, chin, come out with, declaim, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, ejaculate, enunciate, exclaim, express, give words to, go, jaw, lip, make known, modulate, mouth*, mutter, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, publish, put into words, recite, shout, speak, spiel*, state, talk, throw out, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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