express

one that carries a message or does an errand the solicitors employ an express to deliver their summonses Synonyms courier, messenger [British], go-between, page, runnerRelated Words forerunner, harbinger, herald; agent, ambassador, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, representative; bearer, carrier, deliveryman, letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman

1 to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) in a true democracy, a person can freely express his or her views Synonyms air, expound, give, look, raise, sound, state, vent, ventilate, voice Related Words advertise, announce, declare, enounce, enunciate, proclaim, say; broadcast, circulate, disseminate, publish; describe, write, write up; sound off, speak out, speak up; chime in; communicate, convey, put across, put over; offer, submit Phrases give air to, put forth Near Antonyms censor, restrain, restrict Antonyms stifle, suppress

2 to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of except as a fun event at festivals, nowadays people do not make wine by expressing grapes with their feet Synonyms crush, press, mash, squeezeRelated Words ream; pulp, puree (or purée); extract, extrude

3 to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement Synonyms denote, mean, import, intend, signify, spellRelated Words connote, imply, suggest; add up (to), amount (to); hint, infer, insinuate, intimate; embody, epitomize, personify, represent, symbol, symbolize; advert, allude (to), cite, instance, mention, refer (to), specify, touch (on or upon); designate, indicate, point (to), signal; announce, declare, proclaim; elucidate, explain

4 to convey in appropriate or telling terms could you express your opinion of the book in words a little more precise than “lousy”? Synonyms articulate, clothe, couch, phrase, formulate, put, say, state, wordRelated Words 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

5 to represent in visible form towering spires express in glass and steel the optimism of the age Synonyms body, epitomize, embody, externalize, incarnate, incorporate, instantiate, manifest, materialize, personalize, personify, substantiateRelated Words actualize, concretize, realize; exemplify, illustrate, image, objectify, symbolize, typifyAntonyms disembody