PIPE UP Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

pipe up

verb

Definition of pipe up

as in to speak out

to voice one's opinions freely with force don't worry, he'll pipe up if he feels he's being overlooked

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Recent Examples of pipe up As the MorphoScan measures and calculates, a voice will pipe up offering guidance and progress reports. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026 Coach needs to pipe up and talk about what Ozzy said about him at the fight for supplies, where Coach competed with Q and Ozzy, his old archnemesis. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026 The water is piped up to the data center for liquid cooling of the servers. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2026 Teddy’s babyish voice pipes up from the back seat. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pipe up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe up

Verb

Kahan joins a growing list of artists who have spoken out against the White House for using their music on social media.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 29 July 2026
The founder of $7 billion Taylor Farms, whose lettuce was linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak, speaks out for the first time.

— Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of speak out

Verb

Opposition lawmakers held placards and shouted slogans seeking Pradhan’s resignation outside the Parliament building and then disrupted proceedings inside, forcing the chambers to be repeatedly suspended.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026
There are definitely some new risks and threat vectors—there’s no shortage of people shouting about them from the rooftops.

— RJ Friedman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of shout

Verb

The adults who care about students—parents, teachers, school administrators, prospective employers—should encourage them to speak up, to debate, and, yes, even to fail.

— Annabelle Garland, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Both Werkheiser and Bronin encouraged people who oppose these changes to speak up not only during the public comment period, but to their legislators directly.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 July 2026

Definition of speak up

Verb

His inconsistencies were glaring, sounding off alarm bells about whether Drury had made a miscalculation.

— Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 July 2026
The skateboarder and Viva La Bam alum, 46, sounded off on the possibility of his involvement in a future Jackass project during a new interview with Rolling Stone, published on Friday, July 3.

— Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Definition of sound off

Verb

Grant, who is Black and deeply involved in historically Black organizing circles in Kansas City, was moderating the panel when Osborne allegedly began yelling at her.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
After letting go of the minor, Schmidt yelled at both his parents and Pambianchi for the remainder of the evening, aggressively getting into Pambianchi's face multiple times.

— Gabe White, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2026

Definition of yell

Verb

Colin Gray’s sentencing represents the end of a harrowing road that began with the September 2024 shooting in which his son, then 14, fatally shot two students and two teachers and injured nine others at his Winder, Georgia, high school.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Basically, Georgia will never be able to do anything right in Emira’s eyes, so the messenger is getting shot.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 July 2026