Synonyms of spoken

spoken 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in oral

made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing

a spoken agreement is too easily broken

Synonyms & Similar Words

• oral
• verbal
• verbalized
• unwritten
• word-of-mouth
• nuncupative
• viva voce
• told
• said
• articulated
• voiced
• sounded
• implicit
• informal
• consensual
• stated
• pronounced
• given

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• written
• explicit
• formal
• paper

2

as in uttered

expressed or communicated by voice

a politician who knows the power of the spoken word

Synonyms & Similar Words

• uttered
• voiced
• vocal
• oral
• whispered
• shouted
• pronounced
• mumbled
• articulated
• muttered
• breathed
• mouthed
• murmured
• enunciated
• gasped
• purred
• sputtered
• sonant
• intoned
• chirped
• drawled
• squeaked
• spluttered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• silent
• inarticulate
• mute
• quiet
• unspoken
• unsaid
• nonvocal
• unexpressed
• unvoiced
• voiceless
• unuttered
• surd

spoken

2 of 2

verb

past participle of speak

1

as in said

to express (a thought or emotion) in words

finally spoke her fears

Synonyms & Similar Words

• said
• told
• stated
• talked
• discussed
• uttered
• shared
• passed
• announced
• verbalized
• declared
• enunciated
• articulated
• given
• aired
• voiced
• brought out
• vocalized
• whispered
• put
• looked
• put into words
• posted
• published
• sounded
• proclaimed
• shouted
• commented
• blurted
• breathed
• affirmed
• broadcasted
• promulgated
• asserted
• advertised
• publicized
• alleged
• ventilated
• vented
• broadcast
• gasped
• phrased
• gotten off
• murmured
• remarked
• got off
• worded
• averred
• mouthed
• couched
• blabbered
• chirped
• blazed
• formulated
• drawled
• avowed
• spouted
• bolted
• purred
• clothed
• clad
• avouched
• snarled
• shot
• ripped (out)
• spluttered
• lipped
• formulized
• piped up (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• stifled

2

as in talked

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talked
• lectured
• declaimed
• discoursed
• orated
• held forth
• harangued
• expatiated
• descanted
• recited
• expounded
• taken the floor
• soliloquized
• pontificated
• sermonized
• mouthed
• spouted
• disserted
• filibustered