Synonyms of pronounces

pronounces

verb

present tense third-person singular of pronounce

1

as in says

to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voice

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Related Words

• says
• speaks
• expresses
• articulates
• tells
• utters
• voices
• enunciates
• talks
• verbalizes
• vocalizes
• speaks out
• speaks up

Dissimilar Words

• hesitates
• halts
• falters
• stammers
• stutters
• stumbles
• sputters
• grunts
• whispers
• mouths
• mumbles
• mutters
• murmurs
• splutters
• breathes
• drawls
• maunders
• gasps

2

as in recites

to say or announce (something) in an official or formal way

The priest pronounced the blessing.

Emotions ran high in the courtroom as the judge pronounced sentence.

Related Words

• recites
• utters
• gives
• announces
• delivers
• proclaims
• declares
• determines
• states
• resolves
• decides
• voices
• publishes
• administers
• advertises
• sounds
• sets forth
• rules (on)
• dictates
• ordains
• enacts
• judges
• adjudges
• passes
• orders
• adjudicates
• directs
• constitutes
• settles
• publicizes
• decrees
• mandates
• approves
• reels off
• arbitrates
• makes
• broadcasts
• confirms
• commands
• legislates
• calls
• authorizes
• executes
• reenacts
• ratifies
• brings about
• lays down
• effects
• permits
• referees
• umpires
• sanctions
• allows
• repasses

Dissimilar Words

• conceals
• recalls
• withholds
• suppresses
• revokes
• silences
• retracts
• cancels
• rescinds
• repeals
• abolishes
• recants
• reverses
• invalidates
• kills
• nullifies
• abrogates
• annuls
• hushes (up)
• countermands
• overturns
• voids

3

as in proclaims

to say officially or assertively that (something or someone) is something specified

They pronounced the mission a success.

She pronounced them married.

Related Words

• proclaims
• declares
• insists
• announces
• affirms
• asserts
• advertises
• alleges
• avows
• publishes
• sounds
• professes
• contends
• claims
• enunciates
• purports
• avers
• promulgates
• publicizes
• maintains
• shows
• blares
• barks
• cries
• heralds
• touts
• promotes
• rings
• informs
• reveals
• trumpets
• discloses
• protests
• annunciates
• disseminates
• broadcasts
• calls (off or out)
• warrants
• manifests
• posts
• imparts
• divulges
• gives out
• blazes
• confirms
• notifies
• reports
• features
• flashes
• tolls
• introduces
• apprises
• upholds
• bulletins
• justifies
• avouches
• rationalizes
• communicates
• releases
• defends
• puffs
• placards
• advises
• gazettes
• bills
• argues
• knells
• intimates
• vindicates
• blazons
• perseveres
• reaffirms
• plugs
• spreads
• reasserts
• billboards
• hands down
• blurbs
• kithes
• reasons
• pitches
• supports
• runs with
• beats the drum (for or about)

Dissimilar Words

• ignores
• disregards
• neglects
• conceals
• minimizes
• overlooks
• withholds
• suppresses
• understates
• recalls
• silences
• downplays
• rejects
• revokes
• underplays
• abandons
• retracts
• repudiates
• disclaims
• recants
• negates
• disavows
• denies
• contradicts
• refutes
• plays down
• disowns
• challenges
• hushes (up)
• counters
• disproves
• rebuts
• disputes
• soft-pedals
• confutes
• de-emphasizes
• questions
• negatives
• gainsays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pronounces

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