Synonyms of enunciate

enunciate

verb

ē-ˈnən(t)-sē-ˌāt 

1

as in to speak

to utter clearly and distinctly

enunciate your words, and then you won't have to repeat them so often

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speak
• say
• articulate
• express
• tell
• pronounce
• utter
• voice
• verbalize
• vocalize
• talk
• speak out
• speak up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hesitate
• stammer
• stutter
• halt
• falter
• sputter
• stumble
• mouth
• grunt
• mumble
• whisper
• mutter
• murmur
• breathe
• splutter
• maunder
• gasp
• drawl

2

as in to announce

to make known openly or publicly

today the President enunciated a new foreign policy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announce
• publish
• proclaim
• declare
• advertise
• promulgate
• post
• annunciate
• disclose
• publicize
• sound
• promote
• broadcast
• run with
• herald
• reveal
• blare
• give out
• disseminate
• release
• beat the drum (for or about)
• trumpet
• flash
• introduce
• blaze
• placard
• spread
• blazon
• report
• impart
• show
• inform
• bark
• call (off or out)
• cry
• communicate
• manifest
• divulge
• notify
• apprise
• bulletin
• ring
• feature
• toll
• bill
• puff
• knell
• advise
• plug
• hand down
• billboard
• intimate
• gazette
• kithe
• blurb
• pitch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conceal
• suppress
• withhold
• silence
• recall
• revoke
• hush (up)
• retract
• recant

3

as in to say

to express (a thought or emotion) in words

a paper that enunciates the goals of the environmental organization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• say
• utter
• tell
• speak
• talk
• discuss
• articulate
• verbalize
• share
• vocalize
• state
• put
• give
• announce
• bring out
• put into words
• voice
• pass
• publish
• shout
• affirm
• look
• proclaim
• promulgate
• post
• sound
• blurt
• formulate
• whisper
• ventilate
• declare
• assert
• avow
• advertise
• word
• phrase
• publicize
• allege
• breathe
• aver
• air
• get off
• mouth
• vent
• broadcast
• lip
• murmur
• gasp
• blabber
• remark
• chirp
• comment
• spout
• clothe
• shoot
• avouch
• rip (out)
• blaze
• bolt
• snarl
• purr
• drawl
• couch
• splutter
• formulize
• pipe up (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppress
• stifle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enunciate

The Justice Department and the Democratic attorneys general of 16 states and the District of Columbia submitted an amicus brief enunciating the same basic point. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026

Yasmina spent much of her time enunciating Uz-bek-i-stan for people, spelling it out. — Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025

Clooney’s ability to suggest these questions without enunciating them adds immeasurably to our appreciation of this scene. — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Nov. 2025

Xi also invoked Panchsheel—the five principles of peaceful coexistence jointly enunciated by India and China in 1954—but Modi chose not to respond. — Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

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