talk up

1 to provide publicity for the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie Synonyms of talk up ballyhoo, hype, pitch, plug, promote, publicize, toutWords Related to talk up advertise, bark, merchandise (also merchandize), sell; push; acclaim, hail, laud, praise; endorse (also indorse), plump (for), plunk (for) or plonk (for); recommend, review; announce, broadcast, publish

2 to voice one's opinions freely with force feel free to talk up if you have any objections Synonyms of talk up pipe up, shoot, sound off, speak out, spout (off), speak upWords Related to talk up bawl, bay, bellow, call, cry, holler, roar, shout, sing (out), thunder, vociferate, yell; articulate, enounce, enunciateNear Antonyms of talk up belt up [British], clam up, dummy up, hush, shut up, suppress; quiet