Thesaurus:speak

Thesaurus

speak

English

Verb

Sense: to communicate to someone else by means of speech

Synonyms

• articulate
• babble
• blab
• chat    [⇒ thesaurus]
• chatter    [⇒ thesaurus]
• converse
• discuss
• jabber
• open one's mouth
• quethe (obsolete)
• say
• speak
• talk    [⇒ thesaurus]
• verbalize
• yak
• yap
• yammer

Hyponyms

• blather
• bloviate
• blurt
• declare    [⇒ thesaurus]
• drawl
• drone
• expound
• gab
• gabble
• gasp
• mention    [⇒ thesaurus]
• orate
• parp
• pontificate
• prattle    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rabbit
• ramble
• rant
• rave    [⇒ thesaurus]
• roll
• schmooze
• speech    [⇒ thesaurus]
• speechify
• sputter
• stammer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• thunder
• witter

Hypernyms

• communicate    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:talk
• Thesaurus:utter

Further reading

• “582. speech” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “speak” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.