articulate

able to express oneself clearly and well the television crew covering the science fair were looking for photogenic and articulate students to explain their projects on the air Synonyms of articulate eloquent, fluent, silver-tongued, well-spoken Words Related to articulate facile, glib, smooth-tongued, voluble; expressive, outspoken, verbal, vocal; blabby, chatty, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, verbose; unfaltering, unhesitating Near Antonyms of articulate faltering, halting, hesitant, maundering, mumbling, muttering, sputtering, stammering, stumbling, stuttering; mute, speechless, tongueless, tongue-tied, voiceless Antonyms of articulate inarticulate, ineloquent, unvocal

1 to utter clearly and distinctly uses a very measured tone and articulates every syllable when issuing scoldings Synonyms of articulate enunciate Words Related to articulate express, pronounce, say, speak, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice; speak out, speak up Near Antonyms of articulate falter, grunt, halt, hesitate, maunder, splutter, sputter, stammer, stumble, stutter; mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, whisper; breathe, drawl, gasp

2 to convey in appropriate or telling terms an essay that masterfully articulates the case for a greater commitment to space exploration Synonyms of articulate phrase, clothe, couch, express, formulate, put, say, state, wordWords Related to articulate craft, frame; hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest; paraphrase, rephrase, restate, reword, summarize, translate; communicate, disclose, speak, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize; describe, render, write up

3 to express (a thought or emotion) in words I'm not articulating my thoughts very well Synonyms of articulate say, bring out, enunciate, pass, speak, state, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalizeWords Related to articulate 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), snarlNear Antonyms of articulate stifle, suppress