SPEAKS Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

speaks

verb

present tense third-person singular of speak

as in says

to express (a thought or emotion) in words finally spoke her fears

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as in talks

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries

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Recent Examples of speaks All in all, the report speaks to a continuing surge in music’s global popularity. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 July 2026 Lifelong Phillies fan Miles Teller speaks on the field prior to the MLB All-Star Game on July 14 in Philadelphia. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 LeBron speaks LeBron James spoke publicly for the first time in more than a week on Thursday. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026 In the film, DuVernay speaks with scholars, politicians, and legal experts about who gets to belong in America and who writes the rules that dictate that. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 July 2026 Vogue Business speaks to a host of industry insiders and career guides on how to be the one who secures it. — Cami Fateh, Vogue, 15 July 2026 Hip-hop is their common language, but Robinson is also fluent in blues and spirituals while Quijada speaks forcefully through Mexican folk rhythms. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 The giver Warren Buffett speaks with CNBC during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 2, 2026. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 July 2026 The mother of the With Love, Meghan star does not have any public-facing social media and rarely speaks to the press. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 15 July 2026

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The petition says the property has been in violation of city code for over five years and the owner has received several citations for various issues including roof disrepair, unattended vegetation growth, trash and graffiti.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Outside of NGOs, legal work for openly transgender people in Nepal is virtually nonexistent, executive director Manisha Dhakal says.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of says

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That history still colors how the company talks, less like a supplement label and more like a couple of people who have been through it.

— Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Speaking from beyond the grave, Andy Warhol talks with Jasper Dean about the latter’s love for Beat poets and Cameron Winter.

— Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

Definition of talks

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The historical data tells us that workplace promotions and outcomes have not been evenly distributed.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Etched onto each of the bands is a series of letters and numbers that, if it’s captured again, tells the next researcher where this bird has been.

— Mack Baysinger Follow, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of tells

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In fact, they were borne out of more practical considerations, said Elizabeth Morton, a planning and urban design consultant who lectures at George Washington University.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 July 2026
Today’s successful downtowns rely on a mix of ingredients, said Steven Falk, the former city manager of Lafayette, who’s served as an interim city executive in Oakland and Richmond and who lectures at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026

Definition of lectures

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At the film’s end, Abbie Cornish as Fanny hears secondhand about Keats’s death and utters a cry that is almost too much to bear — a cry that feels too real.

— Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026

Definition of utters

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Collecting is often a function of loss, an attempt to save something that might otherwise disappear, as the volume’s final essay poignantly articulates.

— Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026
Phil Baxter, working minimally with fruit from the renowned Ferrington Vineyard, articulates the skill in his work as knowing what not to do.

— Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026