speak

speak

verb

Definition of SPEAK

1

to express (a thought or emotion) in words <finally spoke her fears>

Synonyms articulate, bring out, enunciate, pass, speak, state, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize

Related Words air, discuss, give, look, share, sound, vent, ventilate, voice; blabber, bolt, blurt, get off, shoot; advertise, announce, blaze, broadcast, declare, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish; affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow; breathe, chirp, drawl, gasp, lip, mouth, murmur, purr, shout, splutter, spout, whisper; clothe, couch, formulate, formulize, phrase, put, word; comment, pipe up (with), remark; rip (out), snarl

Near Antonyms stifle, suppress

2

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject <the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries>

Synonyms declaim, descant, discourse, expatiate, harangue, lecture, orate, speak

Related Words recite, soliloquize; dissert, expound, pontificate, sermonize; mouth, spout; filibuster