SPOKE OUT Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

spoke out

verb

past tense of speak out

as in spoke up

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 spoke out In the same announcement from Vogue, Wintour, who serves as the global chief content officer for Condé Nast and the global editorial director of Vogue, also spoke out. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 5 Nov. 2026 In her Instagram Stories in May, Barbosu spoke out about the alleged violation. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026 Among those who’ve come forward is a woman who spoke out in a roughly 40-minute video interview coordinated by Bishop’s campaign. — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026 Cook County Commissioner Scott Britton (D-14th) spoke out this week as the investigation continues into racist and homophobic comments made at a high school football game last Friday. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, immediately spoke out against Carr’s message. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 In Hale’s teens, an adult leader of his Boy Scout troop spoke out against the creation of a bus lane. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 By all accounts, the real Grandier was a handsome, charismatic speaker as well as a serial philanderer who spoke out against clerical celibacy. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 At the meeting, Maitland Mayor John Lowndes, a Democrat who is running against Brodeur for the state Senate seat, spoke out against Dorworth’s assertion that the county’s development process was rigged in favor of preserving the rural boundary. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoke out

Verb

When a major renovation of Northeast High School appeared at risk, residents and local leaders spoke up.

— Tim Lonergan, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Some people spoke up, while others, such as the man who’d been with Foreman when he was shot, remained silent, Townsend said.

— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of spoke up

Verb

Heck, there was even a moment where Brooks shouted out the crew member who was switching out his guitars mid-set.

— Rashad Alexander November 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
Soon after, a warden shook Guardado and shouted his name, but got no response and a medic then pronounced him dead.

— KIM CHANDLER, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of shouted

Verb

Those supported by anti-CTU groups, meanwhile, talked up fiscal restraint and independence from City Hall and Mayor Brandon Johnson, a former organizer with the union.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Gulf officials at a summit in Bahrain talked up the need for diplomacy to solve the region’s security crisis, yet a sense of helplessness hung over the atmosphere.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of talked up

Verb

When the woman yelled at the driver to stop following her, the man shouted an expletive and threw a glass bottle into her car.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026
The kid was encouraged to dominate 5U beginner soccer kids by a father who yelled to keep the ball.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of yelled

Verb

But remarks made last week by Bruce Brown, an eight-year NBA veteran fighting for a roster spot with the New York Knicks, garnered enough attention online that the league piped up.

— Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026
At this, Shawn, who sat with his father at the end of the jetty, piped up.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of piped up

Verb

Multiple season-ticket holders sounded off on season-ticket deadlines, saying in the past they were required to begin 25% payments in December to receive the perk of 20 free tickets for certain games.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Her video also gained attention on X, where users sounded off in quote-tweets and replies, boosting the tweet to over 9 million views in three days.

— Owen Carry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of sounded off

Verb

But on November 29, 1777, a small group of Spanish settlers moved into the area to establish a civilian agricultural town, called El Pueblo de San Jose, to provide food for the missions and presidios.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Their calculations used a feature of the model called a universal scaling function, which describes how physical quantities with dimensions, such as length, change over cosmic time.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026