Synonyms of pronouncing

pronouncing

verb

present participle of pronounce

1

as in saying

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

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Related Words

• saying
• speaking
• expressing
• voicing
• articulating
• talking
• telling
• uttering
• enunciating
• verbalizing
• vocalizing
• speaking out
• speaking up

Dissimilar Words

• halting
• hesitating
• stumbling
• grunting
• faltering
• stammering
• whispering
• stuttering
• muttering
• sputtering
• mumbling
• murmuring
• mouthing
• breathing
• spluttering
• gasping
• maundering
• drawling

2

as in reciting

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

• reciting
• uttering
• giving
• announcing
• stating
• voicing
• delivering
• proclaiming
• determining
• declaring
• resolving
• ordering
• deciding
• setting forth
• judging
• administering
• adjudicating
• dictating
• sounding
• passing
• ruling (on)
• publicizing
• adjudging
• mandating
• enacting
• decreeing
• publishing
• broadcasting
• making
• advertising
• directing
• arbitrating
• commanding
• settling
• ordaining
• constituting
• effecting
• calling
• approving
• reeling off
• authorizing
• legislating
• confirming
• refereeing
• executing
• ratifying
• umpiring
• bringing about
• permitting
• laying down
• reenacting
• sanctioning
• repassing
• allowing

Dissimilar Words

• concealing
• recalling
• withholding
• suppressing
• revoking
• silencing
• retracting
• canceling
• rescinding
• repealing
• reversing
• killing
• abolishing
• recanting
• nullifying
• annulling
• invalidating
• hushing (up)
• abrogating
• overturning
• countermanding
• voiding

3

as in proclaiming

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

They pronounced the mission a success.

She pronounced them married.

Related Words

• proclaiming
• declaring
• insisting
• announcing
• affirming
• claiming
• enunciating
• asserting
• alleging
• protesting
• promulgating
• sounding
• avowing
• purporting
• contending
• professing
• averring
• trumpeting
• maintaining
• publicizing
• heralding
• publishing
• posting
• barking
• broadcasting
• advertising
• blaring
• touting
• crying
• ringing
• annunciating
• calling (off or out)
• showing
• warranting
• promoting
• flashing
• blazing
• disseminating
• disclosing
• giving out
• tolling
• releasing
• reporting
• placarding
• informing
• featuring
• blazoning
• divulging
• puffing
• notifying
• imparting
• introducing
• intimating
• billing
• avouching
• manifesting
• revealing
• justifying
• confirming
• knelling
• plugging
• gazetting
• bulletining
• communicating
• billboarding
• upholding
• rationalizing
• reasoning
• defending
• blurbing
• apprising
• advising
• spreading
• vindicating
• handing down
• arguing
• persevering
• reaffirming
• pitching
• kithing
• reasserting
• running with
• supporting
• beating the drum (for or about)

Dissimilar Words

• ignoring
• disregarding
• neglecting
• minimizing
• concealing
• overlooking
• withholding
• suppressing
• silencing
• recalling
• understating
• revoking
• abandoning
• downplaying
• rejecting
• hushing (up)
• retracting
• recanting
• repudiating
• denying
• questioning
• disclaiming
• negating
• playing down
• disavowing
• challenging
• underplaying
• disowning
• disputing
• refuting
• disproving
• contradicting
• countering
• negativing
• rebutting
• soft-pedaling
• de-emphasizing
• confuting
• gainsaying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pronouncing

Malkovich sat in silence for a few seconds, before pronouncing himself unable to think at the moment. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Metro Fire crews knocked down the vehicle fire and tended to the two before pronouncing one of the victims dead at the scene. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Many letters are shaped like the mouth when pronouncing them. — New York Times, 17 July 2026

Arriaga’s relative brought her to Hemphill’s practice, Cuddle Kids Dental Care, after a teacher at Arriaga’s preschool suggested the girl might have a tongue tie due to her having issues with pronouncing certain letters, according to the warrant. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

The officers allegedly initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation before pronouncing Yanga dead about 45 minutes later. — Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 6 July 2026

Two months earlier, the Warren Commission had delivered its final report, pronouncing Lee Harvey Oswald guilty. — Ash Carter, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Paramedics responded and rendered aid to the man before pronouncing him dead at the scene. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026

Air rescuers attempted to revive Hasley but were unsuccessful, pronouncing him dead at the scene. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026