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 the Central Florida Media Day for Orange and Osceola counties on Saturday at 407 Sports in Ocoee, several veteran coaches sounded off on the subject.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
From new faces, such as Florida’s Jon Sumrall and Arkansas’ Ryan Silverfield, to old foes, such as Texas’ Steve Sarkisian and South Carolina’s Shane Beamer, SEC coaches sounded off on the Bulldogs.

— Connor Riley, AJC.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of sounded off

Verb

History is full of examples of officers who also spoke up about the ethics and strategic implications of the president’s choices.

— Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
As the album circulated, country elders spoke up regarding even bigger Q hits, and a fuller picture of his catalog emerged.

— Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026

Definition of spoke up

Verb

Prosecutors also moved Wednesday to solidify their argument that Burke would have lost a fortune if Hernandez spoke out against him.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
Many of those students spoke out in support of the charter school at last week’s State Board of Education meeting.

— Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

Definition of spoke out

Verb

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
The Texas players kicked our bats, yelled at our girls, stuck their tongues out, threw the ball in the air after every inning and on and on.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of yelled

Verb

Kennedy has publicly advocated for lifting restrictions on peptides and talked up their benefits.

— Will Stone, NPR, 23 July 2026
Trump has talked up his push to extend the Abraham Accords — which also formalized commercial ties between Israel and some Arab and Muslim-majority nations — as key to his plan for bringing long-term stability to the Middle East.

— Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Definition of talked up

Verb

Johnny then becomes bonded to a supernatural demon called the Spirit of Vengeance and is able to transform into a flaming, skeletal biker.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2026
Josh Smead runs an architecture business called Liberty Design Development with his wife and hails from Liberty.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026