Synonyms of talks up

talks up

verb

present tense third-person singular of talk up

1

as in promotes

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 & Similar Words

• promotes
• sells
• beats the drum (for)
• announces
• ballyhoos
• publicizes
• touts
• advertises
• plugs
• hypes
• boosts
• pitches
• pushes
• praises
• plumps (for)
• hails
• barks
• reviews
• recommends
• publishes
• endorses
• lauds
• broadcasts
• acclaims
• plonks (for)
• plunks (for)
• merchandises

2

as in speaks up

to voice one's opinions freely with force

feel free to talk up if you have any objections

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speaks up
• speaks out
• shouts
• cries
• yells
• pipes up
• spouts (off)
• sounds off
• calls
• shoots
• speaks one's mind
• sings (out)
• hollers
• roars
• vociferates
• bawls
• bellows
• thunders
• enounces
• bays
• articulates
• enunciates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clams up
• shuts up
• suppresses
• belts up
• hushes
• dummies up
• quiets

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of talks up

Gaming Tests Typically, for mini PCs, our graphics benchmarks end there, but my curiosity demanded more testing, especially with how much Geekom talks up gaming performance. — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026

Alibaba talks up chips Alibaba has positioned itself as one of China’s leading players, developing chips for AI and selling its services via its cloud computing unit. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 13 May 2026

With something like military zeal, the former soldier who once itched to be on the front lines now talks up saving the world’s dwindling varieties of tomato seeds, as well as books about social inequality. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026