pronouncing
adjective
pro·nounc·ing prə-ˈnau̇n(t)-siŋ 
: relating to or indicating pronunciation
a pronouncing dictionary
Word History
First Known Use
1764, in the meaning defined above
pronouncing
verb
1
as in saying
to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voice How do you pronounce your last name? We practiced pronouncing our Spanish vocabulary words . Synonyms & Similar Words
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- saying
- speaking
- voicing
- expressing
- articulating
- uttering
- talking
- enunciating
- telling
- verbalizing
- vocalizing
- speaking out
- speaking up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- halting
- hesitating
- muttering
- whispering
- stammering
- mumbling
- stumbling
- grunting
- faltering
- mouthing
- stuttering
- murmuring
- sputtering
- breathing
- spluttering
- gasping
- drawling
- maundering
2
as in reciting
to say or announce (something) in an official or formal way The priest pronounced the blessing. Emotions ran high in the courtroom as the judge pronounced sentence. Synonyms & Similar Words
- reciting
- uttering
- giving
- announcing
- voicing
- stating
- proclaiming
- delivering
- declaring
- decreeing
- ordering
- resolving
- adjudging
- determining
- deciding
- judging
- adjudicating
- administering
- dictating
- sounding
- setting forth
- publicizing
- arbitrating
- mandating
- ordaining
- passing
- enacting
- broadcasting
- publishing
- advertising
- legislating
- directing
- making
- refereeing
- commanding
- approving
- effecting
- calling
- constituting
- settling
- confirming
- umpiring
- ratifying
- authorizing
- reeling off
- executing
- reenacting
- sanctioning
- ruling (on)
- bringing about
- permitting
- laying down
- repassing
- allowing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- recalling
- concealing
- withholding
- suppressing
- revoking
- silencing
- cancelling
- retracting
- canceling
- rescinding
- revoking
- repealing
- reversing
- abolishing
- rescinding
- killing
- recanting
- nullifying
- annulling
- invalidating
- abrogating
- overturning
- countermanding
- hushing (up)
- voiding
3
as in proclaiming
to say officially or assertively that (something or someone) is something specified They pronounced the mission a success. She pronounced them married. Synonyms & Similar Words
- proclaiming
- declaring
- insisting
- announcing
- affirming
- enunciating
- claiming
- sounding
- asserting
- alleging
- promulgating
- protesting
- avowing
- professing
- contending
- trumpeting
- advertising
- purporting
- averring
- publishing
- showing
- publicizing
- maintaining
- broadcasting
- heralding
- barking
- ringing
- touting
- annunciating
- posting
- crying
- promoting
- placarding
- blaring
- warranting
- flashing
- reporting
- disseminating
- disclosing
- releasing
- blazing
- tolling
- informing
- billing
- divulging
- introducing
- blazoning
- imparting
- justifying
- confirming
- intimating
- puffing
- giving out
- upholding
- notifying
- featuring
- manifesting
- avouching
- revealing
- knelling
- plugging
- communicating
- bulletining
- defending
- gazetting
- rationalizing
- billboarding
- advising
- blurbing
- vindicating
- reasoning
- apprising
- spreading
- arguing
- reaffirming
- calling (off or out)
- persevering
- pitching
- handing down
- reasserting
- kithing
- kything
- supporting
- running with
- beating the drum (for or about)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ignoring
- disregarding
- neglecting
- concealing
- minimizing
- withholding
- overlooking
- recalling
- suppressing
- silencing
- understating
- revoking
- abandoning
- downplaying
- rejecting
- underplaying
- recanting
- repudiating
- denying
- disclaiming
- retracting
- negating
- disavowing
- questioning
- hushing (up)
- disproving
- refuting
- disowning
- contradicting
- challenging
- disputing
- countering
- negativing
- rebutting
- soft-pedaling
- de-emphasizing
- playing down
- confuting
- gainsaying