outspoken
adjective
out·spo·ken
ˌau̇t-ˈspō-kən 
1
: direct and open in speech or expression : frank
outspoken in his criticism—
Current Biography
Current Biography2
: spoken or expressed without reserve
his outspoken advocacy of gun control
outspokenly
adverb
Examples of outspoken in a Sentence
She has been an outspoken advocate of women's rights throughout her life.
an outspoken and controversial radio host
She's very outspoken about political issues.
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Counter to her brother, Maxine is the outspoken, happy-go-lucky, popular girl who masks her loneliness and sorrow.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The Democratic Party is also home to outspoken critics of Israel and much of the Jewish community, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders, and others.
—Nathan Diament, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
The two commissioners were outspoken supporters of enacting a rural boundary to protect rural lands from sprawl – a measure which won 73% of the votes cast on the issue by county voters, but then nullified by legislators months later.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
Those five have had varying places on the success to failure scale, but none is close to the outspoken, attention-magnet lighting rod the Cowboys’ man out front is.
—Greg Cote
august 5, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
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Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The Democratic Party is also home to outspoken critics of Israel and much of the Jewish community, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders, and others.
—Nathan Diament, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
The two commissioners were outspoken supporters of enacting a rural boundary to protect rural lands from sprawl – a measure which won 73% of the votes cast on the issue by county voters, but then nullified by legislators months later.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
Those five have had varying places on the success to failure scale, but none is close to the outspoken, attention-magnet lighting rod the Cowboys’ man out front is.
—Greg Cote
august 5, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Outspoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outspoken. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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