SPEAKING OUT Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

The activist speaking out against the bill is also calling for an outright ban on data centers. — Dennis Valera, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 An American woman is speaking out after being rescued from a seaplane crash that was caught on camera near the Bahamas on Saturday. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 When it was relayed to Moore that Johnson was speaking out of turn and ruining the sanctity of what happens in the huddle, the Heisman hopeful was less than pleased. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026 The mothers of two men who say they were switched at birth nearly 40 years ago are speaking out for the first time. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026 Aaron Lee Tasjan is speaking out after reports of some fans walking out of a concert. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Cecilia Vega is speaking out following her firing from 60 Minutes. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026 Still, with more artists speaking out, the producer is hopeful more people will push back against a future in which music is entirely reliant on AI. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026 The incident, however, has not deterred her from speaking out and advocating better treatment for other homeless individuals. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaking out

Adjective

Brown chronicled her experience with cancer in several articles for PEOPLE and became a vocal advocate for fellow cancer patients.

— Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
People who ride bikes are a small but very vocal minority who seem to have city government wrapped around their fingers.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of vocal

Verb

City official calls removal ‘unnecessary escalation’ As the meeting continued, another attendee called Miller’s removal from the chambers disappointing and shameful to see someone who was speaking up thrown to the ground.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026
Instead, Cuban seemed much more interested in speaking up for fellow entrepreneurs.

— Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of speaking up

Adjective

Now, from membership in the Nazi Party to the facts behind family lineage or legends, communicative memory no longer has the final word.

— Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Steering is accurate without being particularly communicative, but that's perfectly appropriate for this car.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 July 2026

Definition of communicative

Verb

Following his speech, council members struggled to restore order as some of Lang's supporters began shouting, and one was escorted out by police.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Miners, mostly young men and women covered in mud, could be seen pulling out a body from the pit while dozens of other miners and workers were scattered around the expansive site, some shouting for help.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of shouting

Adjective

The increase is attributed partly to greater awareness and screening, a more expansive definition of the disorder, and parents having children at a later age, various studies show.

— Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Her expansive back catalog and latest album Petal are testament to that.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of expansive

Verb

Damola Adamolekun, the youngest CEO the chain restaurant has ever seen at 37 years old, acknowledges the company's storied history with celebrity, and has been talking up the brand since taking over.

— Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Since Anthropic began offering glimpses of their Mythos model earlier this year, critics have slammed the company for allegedly building hype by talking up how dangerous the model could be in the wrong hands.

— Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of talking up

Verb

Influencers like Paige Paul (née Lorenze) have been sounding off in Four Winds Craft Guild’s comments, trying to frame the argument as a feminist one.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 July 2026
His inconsistencies were glaring, sounding off alarm bells about whether Drury had made a miscalculation.

— Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of sounding off

Verb

The sound of a baby crying helped Atlanta police find two young sisters inside a trailer Monday, bringing an overnight kidnapping investigation to a safe end.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Nearby, their daughter began crying, a reminder of the fear that continues to haunt many survivors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026