Defenition of the word speak

• Defenition of the word speak

  • To communicate by the use of sounds that are interpreted as language; to communicate verbally.
  • To exchange thoughts; talk with.
  • give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
  • make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"
  • use language: "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
  • exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; also used metaphorically: "Actions talk louder than words"
  • express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"
  • express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
  • exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
  • use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won''t speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
  • express in speech
  • exchange thoughts; talk with
  • use language
  • give a speech to
  • make a characteristic or natural sound

Synonyms for the word speak

• • address
  • articulate
  • be fluent in
  • chat
  • converse
  • converse in
  • have a word
  • lecture
  • mouth
  • preach
  • talk
  • tell
  • utter
  • verbalize

Similar words in the speak

• • jabber
  • mouth off
  • rabbit on
  • rant
  • rave
  • speak
  • speak for
  • speak up
  • speakeasies
  • speakeasy
  • speakeasy's
  • speaker
  • speaker's
  • speakers
  • speaking
  • speaks
  • spout

Hyponyms for the word speak

• • babble
  • bark
  • bay
  • begin
  • blab
  • blabber
  • blaze away
  • blubber
  • blubber out
  • blunder
  • blunder out
  • blurt
  • blurt out
  • bumble
  • butterfly
  • cackle
  • carry on
  • chant
  • chat up
  • chatter
  • cheek
  • clack
  • continue
  • converse
  • coquet
  • coquette
  • dally
  • deliver
  • discourse
  • dish the dirt
  • dissertate
  • dogmatise
  • dogmatize
  • drone
  • drone on
  • ejaculate
  • enthuse
  • falter
  • flirt
  • gabble
  • generalise
  • generalize
  • gibber
  • go on
  • gossip
  • gulp
  • harangue
  • hiss
  • hold forth
  • inflect
  • intone
  • jabber
  • jaw
  • keynote
  • level
  • lip off
  • mash
  • maunder
  • memorialise
  • memorialize
  • modulate
  • monologuise
  • monologuize
  • mouth off
  • mumble
  • murmur
  • mussitate
  • mutter
  • open up
  • orate
  • palaver
  • peep
  • philander
  • phonate
  • piffle
  • pontificate
  • prate
  • prattle
  • present
  • proceed
  • rabbit on
  • rant
  • rap
  • rasp
  • rattle on
  • rave
  • read
  • romance
  • run on
  • shoot one's mouth off
  • shout
  • sibilate
  • sing
  • siss
  • sizz
  • slang
  • slur
  • smatter
  • snap
  • snarl
  • snivel
  • soliloquise
  • soliloquize
  • speak in tongues
  • speak up
  • spiel
  • spout
  • stammer
  • stutter
  • swallow
  • talk about
  • talk down
  • talk of
  • talk turkey
  • tattle
  • tittle-tattle
  • tone
  • troll
  • twaddle
  • verbalise
  • verbalize
  • vocalise
  • vocalize
  • whiff
  • whine
  • whisper
  • yack
  • yack away
  • yap away

Hypernyms for the word speak

• • communicate
  • intercommunicate
  • sound

Idioms for the word speak

• • on speaking terms
  • so to speak
  • speak for oneself
  • speak highly of
  • speak ill of
  • speak of the devil
  • speak one's mind
  • speak volumes
  • spoken for
  • speak fluent
  • legally speaking
  • strictly speaking
  • roughly speaking

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