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 Cha-ching Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson speaks during his rally at The Bibb Mill Event Center in Columbus last month. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026 McDonald's Chris Kempczinski speaks about fresh beef expansion at a McDonald's event in Oak Brook, Illinois. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 Situated in the northwestern city of Tabriz, Bakhshi’s museum-archive speaks to the need for individual stories, often erased by authority, to paint the larger picture. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026 Under that standard, a president must speak to everything, and a president who speaks to everything has no time left to do anything. — John Dickerson, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026 The team’s goal is to deliver an experience that speaks to the excellence of Sacramento’s rich culinary scene. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026 With Murphy, Jaissle felt the winger was vital to the dressing-room dynamic as a leader and someone who speaks regularly to young players. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The final product speaks to the amazing results that can come in art, when adapting to constraints. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 The effortlessness of it all speaks to me, plus modern lounge sets (like Holmes’s) look much more polished and less like frumpy pajamas or a basic pair of sweatpants and an old college hoodie. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026

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Goriely says other explanations, such as that this architectural style improved drainage or simply that the ancient Greeks liked it, hold more weight than any illusion.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Nothing says horror movie like glow-in-the-dark blood stains in your hotel room.

— Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of says

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Gonzalo also grows vanilla, and Christiansen talks excitedly about the tiny melipona bee involved in its propagation and the lengths the farm goes to protect its ecosystem from pesticides.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks to a gambler who wagers his annual income; and examines how the online betting platforms FanDuel and DraftKings – now the subjects of lawsuits regarding their design – interact with their customers.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of talks

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Professors structure lectures with an awareness of how a sentence might circulate online.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Coach Hudson defends Ricky to Gerry’s face, but privately lectures his daughter about the optics of their close relationship as a female football coach and tells her to put some space between her and Chad (and unknowingly, Russ).

— Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of lectures

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In Japanese, the hero utters the name of the series to a villain in a parting one liner.

— Gene Park, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of utters

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In a conversation with THR, the author and screenwriter discusses what to make of her latest work, and gives an update on her latest adaptations.

— Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Here, Deborah Findling, creative AI trends expert at Adobe, discusses the most prominent trends.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of discusses

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It’s left to the audience to infer exactly what has transpired between them, but largely through omission, Wright’s script effectively articulates the burden of mental illness on family members.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
But even more so, the reparations movement articulates the need for a long-term process of undoing the damage done.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026