BESPOKEN Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

bespoken

verb

past participle of bespeak

as in booked

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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as in displayed

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

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as in requested

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 denoted

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

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Verb

He was arrested on suspicion of burglary and booked into Santa Clara County jail.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
Many booked the long flight, arranged a hotel, and spent a week recovering abroad just to access techniques that were difficult to find at home.

— Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

Definition of booked

Verb

Patriots also sawed off the decorative Royal Crowns displayed at the top of the fence around Bowling Green.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
During the third act, in a cunning effect, when anyone picks up a phone, the screen’s contents are displayed on a wall as the lights fade, muting the friends onstage.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

Definition of displayed

Verb

The Supreme Court requested a total of $228 million for next fiscal year, a roughly 10% increase over the year before.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
As part of his suit, Musk asked for $150 billion in damages that would be destined for a charitable trust and requested OpenAI’s for-profit structure be reversed.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 July 2026

Definition of requested

Verb

While there is no master list of PointSavers hotels or dates, they are clearly denoted in Marriott’s award night search results.

— Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 6 May 2026
California is not experiencing a uniform decline in violent crime as denoted in the California Crime Statistics 2026.

— Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026

Definition of denoted

Verb

Early hints that Will was an abusive husband appear to have a precedent in the snarling disposition of his father Edgar (Erroll Shand), whose kindness mostly is reserved for his dog.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
But that pejorative term isn’t reserved only for those in pop or rock music.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2026

Definition of reserved

Verb

The experiments revealed signatures of the non-Hermitian skin effect, where quantum states concentrate near one end of the system instead of remaining evenly distributed.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Ignoring the counsel of family, friends and political advisors who, to a person, warned against it, Huffman revealed his religious disbelief in a series of statements and interviews in November 2017.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of revealed

Verb

Across the East Coast, fireworks, tall ships and World Cup watch parties pressed on in sweltering conditions, as crowds sought shade in museums, metro stations and historic sites.

— Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
His widow, Erika Kirk, who took the helm of the organization after his death, pushed to maintain public access to Robinson’s prosecution when defense attorneys sought to exclude cameras from the courtroom.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026

Definition of sought

Verb

Some of the first reports indicated that Adebayo threw a punch at Herro’s head before the two were separated, but some league sources have indicated that initial portrayals of the fight were overblown.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Focusing on elections Trump indicated while speaking to reporters during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office on Tuesday that elections will be the primary focus of his address.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 14 July 2026

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