PIPED UP Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

piped up

verb

past tense of pipe up

as in sounded off

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 piped up Before Schiraldi could respond, a second rep piped up in Richards’s defense. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 Garrett Tyrrell of Durango, sitting to her right, piped up. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026 The water is piped up to the data center for liquid cooling of the servers. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2026 Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz piped up in defense of Kimmel’s right to free speech without governmental interference. — Sarah Stankorb, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for piped up

Verb

During a virtual listening session hosted last week by the inspector general’s office, dozens of people sounded off on the department’s use of Flock cameras.

— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Other members of the cast have sounded off about Sheridan’s writing for the series in recent weeks.

— Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of sounded off

Verb

Students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the capital's northwestern outskirts, as the wounded were loaded on to ambulances and teachers hugged each other and cried.

— Chalinee Thirasupa, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Some jurors cried while others looked distraught during the testimony.

— Kristina Rex, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of cried

Verb

But in the weeks leading up to this trip, several Jewish groups spoke out against him, calling him a terrorist sympathizer.

— Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
Sophie Cunningham spoke out against Chicago Sky star DiJonai Carrington after the Fever's 90-86 win on Saturday.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of spoke out

Verb

In a timely interview with Mel as the festival began on Wednesday, Nazzaro talked up The Green Eyes, a pic from Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s that addresses deportation.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
On the one hand, Friedman himself, and Walter himself, and Dave Roberts and Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts and a cast of heroes talked up a three-peat at last year’s championship celebration.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of talked up

Verb

Meghan personally called animal rights attorney Shannon Keith, who runs the Beagle Freedom Project, after hearing about 4,000 beagles being rescued from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding and research plant in Virginia.

— Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Five students between 12 and 13 years old were killed in what officials called the worst school shooting in decades.

— Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026