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

Examples of enunciate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For many, enunciating or writing a reversal of the shahada—a declaration of faith in Islam—was the first step. —Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2015

This is the principle enunciated by historian Niall Ferguson that any nation that spends more on interest payments on the debt than on military spending will slip into decline. —David Brooks, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024

Pressman replied, theatrically enunciating the words into my digital recorder. —Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024

Yoshioka, as well, has always striven to make sure that her vowels are enunciated and the melody shines through clearly. —Billboard Japan, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2023

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