PRONOUNCING Synonyms: 211 Similar and Opposite Words

pronouncing

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present participle of pronounce

as in saying

to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voice How do you pronounce your last name? We practiced pronouncing our Spanish vocabulary words .

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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.

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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.

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Recent Examples of pronouncing The Pretendian hunters were not always interested in a full accounting of the facts before pronouncing a person legitimately Native or a fraud. —

David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026 Kilmartin describes her practice of allowing only Spanish in the house on Sundays, subtly acknowledging the irony of a white woman making this rule by pronouncing all the Spanish words in an anglicized high-school Spanish accent. —

John Roy, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026 Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon officiated the ceremony at the downtown office, asking them to love, honor and support each other before pronouncing them married. —

Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded as well and took the man out of the water before pronouncing him dead, MDSO said. —

Hunter Geisel, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025 But more than once, Wayans had trouble pronouncing the names of this year's nominees. —

Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025 The former Fear Factor host and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) commentator has previously acknowledged challenges with pronouncing certain names, especially those of foreign mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters. —

Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025 Compton fire officials arrived, pronouncing the man dead on scene, deputies said. —

Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025 Dunst also shared that people have been pronouncing her name wrong. —

Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025

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Using a Negroni and up to two glasses of Malbec, get through pre-appetizer chitchat, group ordering, salad, entrées, dessert, all the way to the Uber ride home, without oversharing or otherwise saying anything that will result in an emotional hangover the next morning.

— Charles Yu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Minutes later, dispatchers received another call saying that the suspect was a relative of the caller and that about nine people lived inside the home.

— Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026