WHISPERED Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in muttered

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verb

past tense of whisper

as in rumored

to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy assistants whispered that the two singers were having a secret relationship

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Recent Examples of whispered

Adjective

For many leaders, the phrase conjures up whispered alliances, opportunistic loyalty, self-interested maneuvering and the slow poisoning of organizational culture. — Harrison Monarth, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Verb

That includes administration officials who are occasionally whispered about as harboring presidential ambitions, like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Instead, this anxiety whispered, quietly and convincingly, within me. — Nickademus De La Rosa, Time, 28 Oct. 2026 Whoever finds my key shall travel far, said Nana, though people whispered that the road to her house had no end. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 Robotic claws whispered along branching tracks, clutching boxy carriers beneath them like prizes in an arcade game. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 My skin would tingle whenever Iverson got close to that mic and whispered along its neck, as if his breath were actually going over my neck too. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 Then Mum whispered a few words to her, lay down next to her and said the Rosary with her. — Kerry Kennedy, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026 Callum whispered his choices and Maya repeated them loudly to the server. — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 Any parent who's had to leave their baby in a NICU knows this father's pain and has whispered those same prayers. — Juli McDonald, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

Often made by anonymous rappers and producers with a monkish dedication to their craft, this isn’t rap for the live show but for the headphones, music where every muttered word and barely-there snare matters.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026

Definition of muttered

Verb

Lenny Kravitz fans experienced quite the scare on Sunday afternoon after the rocker was rumored to be aboard a private plane that crashed in Greenacres, Florida, in Palm Beach County.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Later, on social media, Gunn responded to a fan’s query regarding those rumored to be front-runners for the Batman role.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of rumored

Adjective

Now, the sequence is more likely to end in shouted abuse and maybe a scuffle, the video shot on phones and streamed — sometimes live — on platforms like Kick or Facebook.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
This blend of styles is not only about presenting contrasts—clean versus shouted vocals, melodic versus dissonant riffs, headbanging versus moshing—but also preserving the murky in-between that only elevates the extreme.

— Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of shouted

Verb

Electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng reportedly revealed its two-seat flying car could begin limited commercial operations in China in the second half of 2027.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
Parents in the Monessen City School District raised concerns with the school board Monday night, 24 hours after a KDKA investigation aired where a whistleblower revealed mold, moisture and structural problems inside the middle-high school.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of revealed

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One Fed official even hinted the central bank may increase the federal funds rate by double the typical amount next month because of how high inflation has remained for years.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell remained hospitalized on Monday as team officials hinted that the standout defender was recovering from a scary injury suffered a day earlier.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of hinted

Verb

Laster also suggested that the company’s financial advisors had data disputing our conclusions.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
And there will be a lot of them to loft — 100,000 Starlink V3 satellites and a million Starmind AI data centers, company founder and CEO Elon Musk has suggested.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of suggested

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