speak
(redirected from -speak)Also found in: Dictionary, Legal.
- all
- verb
- phrase
Synonyms for speak
talk
Synonyms
- talk
- say something
articulate
converse
lecture
Synonyms
- lecture
- talk
- discourse
- spout
- make a speech
- pontificate
- give a speech
- declaim
- hold forth
- spiel
- address an audience
- deliver an address
- orate
- speechify
deal with
Synonyms
- deal with
- discuss
- go into
- write about
- be concerned with
- touch upon
- discourse upon
indicate
speak for something or someone: represent
Synonyms
- represent
- act for or on behalf of
- appear for
- hold a brief for
- hold a mandate for
speak for something or someone: support
speak out or up: speak publicly
Synonyms
- speak publicly
- have your say
- speak your mind
- sound off
- stand up and be counted
- speak openly
- speak frankly
- make your position plain
speak out or up: speak loudly
speak to someone: reprimand
Synonyms
- reprimand
- rebuke
- scold
- check
- lecture
- censure
- reproach
- tick off
- castigate
- chide
- dress down
- admonish
- tell off
- take to task
- read the riot act
- tongue-lash
- reprove
- upbraid
- slap on the wrist
- bawl out
- rap over the knuckles
- haul over the coals
- tear (someone) off a strip
- reprehend
- give (someone) a row
- send someone away with a flea in his or her ear
speak to someone: address
Synonyms
- address
- talk to
- accost
- direct your words at
- apostrophize
Synonyms for speak
Synonyms for speak
express in speech
Related Words
- read
- communicate
- intercommunicate
- phonate
- vocalise
- vocalize
- troll
- begin
- lip off
- shoot one's mouth off
- shout
- whisper
- peep
- speak up
- snap
- snarl
- enthuse
- speak in tongues
- swallow
- verbalise
- verbalize
- whiff
- talk of
- talk about
- blubber out
- blubber
- drone on
- drone
- stammer
- stutter
- bumble
- falter
- rasp
- blunder out
- blurt
- blurt out
- ejaculate
- blunder
- inflect
- modulate
- tone
- deliver
- present
- generalise
- generalize
- blabber
- palaver
- piffle
- prate
- prattle
- tattle
- tittle-tattle
- twaddle
- gabble
- gibber
- blab
- clack
- maunder
- chatter
- rattle on
- yack
- yack away
- yap away
- jaw
- open up
- snivel
- whine
- murmur
- mumble
- mussitate
- mutter
- slur
- bark
- bay
- jabber
- mouth off
- rabbit on
- rant
- rave
- spout
- siss
- sizz
- hiss
- sibilate
- cackle
- babble
- intone
- chant
- gulp
- sing