Related Words for speak for

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make for
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Phrase, Verb
speak to
/x
Phrase, Verb
speak
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Verb
think of
/x
Phrase, Verb
agree with
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Phrase, Verb
speak out
//
Phrase, Verb
speak of
//
Phrase, Verb
look into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
settle on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
speak volumes
//x
Phrase, Verb
lean towards
/xx
Phrase, Verb
come into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
specify
/xx
Verb
stand for
//
Phrase, Verb
talk
/
Noun
lay a foundation
/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
verbalize
/xx
Verb
figure
/x
Noun
take for
//
Phrase, Verb
bring up
//
Phrase, Verb
point out
//
Phrase, Verb
put forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
stand up for
///
Phrase, Verb
generalize
/xxx
Verb
aphorism
/xxx
Noun
bespeak
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Verb
portray
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Verb
represent
xx/
Verb
vouch for
//
Phrase, Verb
articulate
x/xx
Adjective
tell
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Verb
put into words
/x//
Phrase, Verb
phrase
/
Noun
describe
x/
Verb
talk into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
answer for
/x/
Phrase, Verb
look like
//
Phrase, Verb
illustrate
/xx
Verb
talk sense
//
Phrase, Verb
fill in
/x
Phrase, Verb
front
/
Noun
pronounce
x/
Verb
address
/x
Noun
witness
/x
Noun
translate
x/
Verb
generalise
/xx/
Verb
exemplify
x/xx
Verb
type
/
Noun
figure on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
give someone to understand
//x//x/
Phrase, Verb
word
/
Noun
denote
x/
Verb
stand to reason
///x
Phrase, Verb
come up with
///
Phrase, Verb
see through
//
Phrase, Verb
weigh in
/x
Phrase, Verb
talk over
//x
Phrase, Verb
take up for
/xx
Phrase, Verb
swear by
//
Phrase, Verb
verb
/
Noun
serve
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Verb
treat
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Verb
voice
/
Noun
deal with
//
Phrase, Verb
make mention of
//x/
Phrase, Verb
symbolize
/xx
Verb
read out
//
Phrase, Verb
spell out
//
Phrase, Verb
express
x/
Noun
make sense
//
Phrase, Verb
put over
//x
Phrase, Verb
sign
/
Noun
couch
/
Noun
reference
/xx
Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
infer
x/
Verb
call out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
stipulate
/xx
Verb
proverb
/x
Noun
bring forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
spring
/
Noun
learn
/
Verb
find oneself
/x/
Phrase, Verb
mean
/
Noun
example
x/x
Noun
quote
/
Noun
declare
x/
Verb
take the floor
/x/
Phrase, Verb
confer
x/
Verb
come to
//
Phrase, Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb
take into consideration
/x/xxx/x
Phrase, Verb
look to
//
Phrase, Verb
dictate
x/
Verb
symbolise
/xx
Verb
formulate
/xx
Verb
put forth
//
Phrase, Verb
portend
x/
Verb
pontificate
x/xx
Noun
define
x/
Verb
come across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
verse
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Noun
account for
x//
Phrase, Verb
personify
x/xx
Verb
foresee
x/
Verb
give a good account of oneself
/x/x//x/
Phrase, Verb
wise
/
Adjective
answer
/x
Noun
tell of
//
Phrase, Verb
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
add
/
Verb, Noun
affords
x/
Verb
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
are
/
Noun
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
ask
/
Verb, Noun
babble
/x
Noun, Verb
bark
/
Noun, Verb
bay
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
believe
x/
Verb
bet
/
Verb, Noun
blubber
/x
Noun, Verb
blurt
/
Verb, Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
buy
/
Verb, Noun
cackle
/x
Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
carry on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cease
/
Verb, Noun
chaining
/x
Noun
chant
/
Noun, Verb
chat
/
Noun, Verb
chat up
//
Phrase, Verb
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
cheek
/
Noun, Verb
clack
/
Noun, Verb
clearly
/x
Adverb
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
communicate
x/xx
Verb
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
comprise
x/
Verb
condemn
x/
Verb
contact
/x
Noun, Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
conversation
xx/x
Noun, Verb
converse
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
convey
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Verb
coquette
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dally
/x
Name, Verb
dare
/
Verb, Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
debate
x/
Noun, Verb
decide
x/
Verb
defend
x/
Verb
depart
x/
Verb, Noun
derive
x/
Verb
description
x/x
Noun
dis
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Noun, Verb
discourse
/x
Noun, Verb
discuss
x/
Verb
drone
/
Noun, Verb
drone on
//
Phrase, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
ejaculate
x/xx
Noun, Verb
engage
x/
Verb
explain
x/
Verb
extend
x/
Verb, Noun
falter
/x
Verb, Noun
felling
/x
Noun
fix
/
Verb, Noun
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flirt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
gossip
/x
Noun, Verb
gulp
/
Noun, Verb
harangue
x/
Noun, Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
hear
/
Verb
hiss
/
Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
inform
x/
Verb, Adjective
interact
xx/
Verb, Noun
intercede
xx/
Verb
interfere
xx/
Verb
interject
xx/
Verb
intervene
xx/
Verb
involve
x/
Verb
jabber
/x
Noun, Verb
jaw
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
kalam
xx
Noun
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
language
/x
Noun, Verb
lecture
/x
Noun, Verb
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
listen
/x
Verb, Noun
logging
/x
Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
loud
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
maintain
x/
Verb
make
/
Verb, Noun
mash
/
Noun, Verb
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
mention
/x
Verb, Noun
modern
/x
Adjective, Noun
modulate
/xx
Verb
moment
/x
Noun
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
mouth off
//
Phrase, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
mumble
/x
Verb, Noun
murmur
/x
Noun, Verb
mutter
/x
Noun, Verb
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
occur
x/
Verb
open up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
palaver
x/x
Noun, Verb
parle
/
Noun, Verb
participate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
plead
/
Verb
prattle
/x
Noun, Verb
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
presentation
xx/x
Noun
print
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
proceed
x/
Verb
push
/
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
quiet
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
raise
/
Verb, Noun
rant
/
Noun, Verb
rap
/
Noun, Verb
rasp
/
Noun, Verb
rattle on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
rave
/
Noun, Verb
react
x/
Verb, Noun
read
/
Verb, Noun
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
recite
x/
Verb
refer
x/
Verb, Noun
relate
x/
Verb
reside
x/
Verb, Noun
respond
x/
Verb, Noun
retrieval
x/x
Noun
rise
/
Noun, Verb
romance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
run on
//
Phrase, Verb
said
/
Adjective, Noun
scream
/
Noun, Verb
share
/
Noun, Verb
shooting
/x
Noun, Adjective
shout
/
Verb, Noun
sing
/
Verb, Noun
sit
/
Verb, Noun
slang
/
Noun, Verb
slur
/
Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
snarl
/
Noun, Verb
sound
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Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb