SPEAKING OUT Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

speaking out 1 of 2

adjective

as in speaking up

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verb

present participle of speak out

as in spouting (off)

to voice one's opinions freely with force it's a free country, so anyone can speak out

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Recent Examples of speaking out

Verb

Last year, residents began speaking out against the project after NCDOT released early design maps showing the interstate expansion running through historically Black neighborhoods. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2026 The parent of an Atholton High School athlete is speaking out days after her son and his teammates were allegedly subjected to racial slurs and offensive language. — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026 Adam Driver is speaking out about his role in Michael Mann’s Heat 2 — and sharing an update on how the filmmaker is doing following his accidental shooting over the weekend. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026 The mother of a toddler who was found breathing in a hospital morgue hours after being pronounced dead is speaking out about the shocking incident. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Brattin said other conservatives face the same threats for speaking out. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026 Selma Blair is speaking out for the first time since her arrest. — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Terrell County’s Republican sheriff, Thad Cleveland, who spent 26 years in the Border Patrol, is among those speaking out against the project in Big Bend. — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 The girl’s mother now strongly regrets ever giving her daughter the raw milk and has tried to raise awareness of the risk—only to get barred from online groups for speaking out. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaking out

Adjective

Courtney is attuned to the singularity of each, their vocal tics and fixations and privacies, their fledgling channels of desire and uncanny knowledge of beauty.

— Jamie Hood, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026
To his left politically, Roan, who is openly gay, is a vocal advocate for LGBTQ rights and in August performed at Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival that raised $20 million for women’s charities.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of vocal

Verb

Survivors can face public skepticism and harassment in speaking up; oftentimes they are blamed for the violence that harmed them.

— Michele Decker, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
That meant speaking up, following the action and keeping his energy from slipping when somebody else had the ball.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of speaking up

Adjective

The 11-year old company has been criticized for not being sufficiently transparent and communicative about its operations, at a time when public concerns about AI’s potential harms to society, the labor market, and the environment are rising.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2026
Through the administration’s embrace (and extensive personal leveraging) of crypto’s potential, crypto and retail speculation are increasingly being woven into the fabric of communicative and cultural spaces.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of communicative

Verb

Ultimately, though, many workers want to be at a business that rewards people for actually doing the hard work—not just shouting the most about it.

— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
In one video, Basabe appears to raise his voice at a man before turning around and shouting at a woman.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of shouting

Adjective

Broad election fallout Still, the fallout for the GOP is broad, according to the AP Voter Poll, an expansive survey of about 80,000 voters in all 50 states.

— Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
As a young man, Abraham Lincoln steeped himself in the rhetoric of the classical authors, the wisdom of Aesop and the King James Bible, and the expansive humanity of William Shakespeare, John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, and Robert Burns.

— Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of expansive

Verb

They can be forgiven for talking up their own book, but foreign investors seem bullish too.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Also at the upfronts, led by Paramount’s Lee Sears, President, International Markets Ad Sales, execs were talking up a new world in the UK where Paramount’s 5 has struck a historic deal with Channel 4 over advertising.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of talking up

Verb

The impending expansion of the college football playoff has led to fans sounding off on the decision to move from 12 to 24 teams after only three years after adding eight teams to the current format.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Robert Pattinson is sounding off about Steven Soderbergh stepping up to help finish filming The Batman Part II.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026