BESPEAKING Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

bespeaking

verb

present participle of bespeak

as in booking

to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip

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Relevance

as in revealing

to make known (something abstract) through outward signs her expression throughout the meeting bespoke great boredom

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as in seeking

to make a request for milady bespoke our indulgence, inviting us to wait in the foyer while she attended to other matters

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as in indicating

to serve as a sign or symptom of her impressive virtuosity as a pianist bespeaks years of diligent practice

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Verb

Suppliers with no legal obligation to refund will often move a booking rather than lose the customer, and Sensible Weather's Cavanaugh says booking direct rather than through a third party usually buys you a real person to ask.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Mack almost missed out on the excitement of booking the role altogether.

— Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of booking

Verb

And Cooke, the season’s MVP of revealing expressions and reaction shots, conveys through Alicent’s uncertain and frightened face at all those butterflies a dawning realization of the betrayal she’s suffered.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Given audiences’ enthusiasm for the film, Erwin did not waste any time revealing his next steps for the story of Washington.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of revealing

Verb

Berg will also navigate future media rights deals post-2029, seeking partners for co-creation.

— Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Combs is participating in a drug-abuse rehabilitation program at FCI Fort Dix, while his legal team continues to appeal his conviction and sentence, calling the punishment excessive and seeking acquittal or resentencing.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of seeking

Verb

Still, everything happened so fast that police could not find skid marks indicating that Lopez braked hard to avoid her.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Analyst Jeffery Zekauskas added the chemicals and specialty materials maker to the bank's focus list, maintaining its overweight rating and increasing its price target to $76 from $68 — indicating 76% upside from Wednesday's close.

— Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of indicating

Verb

Organizations increasingly route routine requests through smaller, less expensive models while reserving advanced systems for more complex work.

— Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The city is considering changes to infrastructure, such as reserving curb space, to accommodate the Waymo rides, Pluckebaum said.

— Madison Smalstig July 31, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of reserving

Verb

The company has also launched a small Crate for storing a growing collection and a 2x2 Frame for displaying favorite releases.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2026
Companies can improve content for readers and retrieval systems by defining unfamiliar terms, answering specific questions directly, identifying authors, displaying publication and update dates and citing primary sources.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of displaying

Verb

The petition argues that even a single satellite could have consequences far beyond the client requesting the light.

— Jean Lee, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
At the same time, surveys of its e-commerce customers — who account for about 35 percent of the business — and feedback from its direct-to-consumer shoppers echoed that sentiment, with many requesting denim from Z Supply.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of requesting

Verb

Chennai claimed him as Thala, a Tamil word meaning leader that functions as something closer to a title of devotion.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
When Galileo orbited Jupiter, its high-gain antenna did not fully deploy, meaning the probe was never able to record detailed video of Jupiter's atmosphere as hoped.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026

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