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

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