vverb.communicationexpress in speechSynset:mouth speak talk utter verbalise verbalize
Examples:- She talks a lot of nonsense
- This depressed patient does not verbalize
Derivationally Related Form:uttererverbalisationtalkerutteranceutterablespeakingmouthverbalizerverbalizationtalkspeakerspeech
Hypernyms:communicate intercommunicate
Inherited Hypernyms:talkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:babblebarkbaybeginblabblabberblubberblubber outblunderblunder outblurtblurt outbumblecacklechantchatterclackdeliverdronedrone onejaculateenthusefaltergabblegeneralisegeneralizegibbergulphissinflectintonejabberjawlip offmaundermodulatemouth offmumblemurmurmussitatemutteropen uppalaverpeepphonatepiffleprateprattlepresentrabbit onrantrasprattle onravereadshoot one's mouth offshoutsibilatesingsisssizzslursnapsnarlsnivelspeak in tonguesspeak upspoutstammerstutterswallowtalk abouttalk oftattletittle-tattletonetrolltwaddleverbaliseverbalizevocalisevocalizewhiffwhinewhisperyackyack awayyap away
Full Troponyms:babblebandybandy aboutbarkbawlbaybeat downbeginbelt outblasphemeblubberblurt outbroachbrokerbullbumblecacklecallcarolchantchatterchoircollogueconferconsiderconsultcontraindicatecoocovercroondebatedeliverdescantdescant ondickerdictatediscoursedissuadedroneenthusegeneralizegulphaggleharmonizehash outhisshollerhorse-tradehumhymnintercedelip offmadrigalminstrelmisadvisemoderatemumblemurmurnegociatenudgenumerateopen uppalaverparleypeepplacepowwowpreachpremeditatepropoundpsalmpushrantraspreadrederenegociaterhapsodizeroll overrushseesermonizeshoutsingsing alongsingsongslursnapsnivelsolmizatespeak in tonguesspeak upspeechifysusurrateswallowtalk oftalk out oftalk shoptheologizethink twicethrash outthundertip offtonetreattrebletrolltweedleurgeverbalizevexvocalizewarblewarnwhiffwhisperwrestleyackyellyodel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.communicationexchange thoughts; talk withSynset:speak talk
Examples:- We often talk business
- Actions talk louder than words
Derivationally Related Form:talktalkingspeechtalkative
Hypernyms:communicate intercommunicate
Inherited Hypernyms:talkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:butterflycarry onchat upcheekcontinueconversecoquetcoquettedallydiscoursedish the dirtdissertatedogmatisedogmatizeflirtgo ongossiphold forthlevelmashmonologuisemonologuizeoratephilanderpontificateproceedrapromancesoliloquisesoliloquizespieltalk downtalk turkey
Full Troponyms:arguebloviatebrawlcallchallengechat upcheekchew the fatcontestcontinueconversedish the dirtdogmatizefall outhold forthinterviewlevelmonologuizeopposeoratepolemizepontificatequarrelquibbleramble onraprumorsegueshmoozesparspatspielstickletalk downtalk turkeyvampwanton
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s to somebody | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: talk)
vverb.communicationuse languageSynset:speak talk
Examples:- the baby talks already
- the prisoner won't speak
- they speak a strange dialect
Derivationally Related Form:talktalkerspeechspeaking
Hypernyms:communicate intercommunicate
Inherited Hypernyms:speakcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:run onslangsmatter
Full Troponyms:run onslangsmatter
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: talk, speak)
vverb.communicationgive a speech toSynset:address speak
Examples:- The chairman addressed the board of trustees
Derivationally Related Form:addressspeechaddresseespeaking
Inherited Hypernyms:address
Direct Hyponyms:blaze awayharanguekeynotememorialisememorialize
Entailment:speak talk
Full Troponyms:blaze awayharanguekeynotememorialize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s (apply to: speak)
vverb.perceptionmake a characteristic or natural soundHypernyms:sound
Inherited Hypernyms:speaksound
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adjadj.alluttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combinationExamples:- a spoken message
- the spoken language
- a soft-spoken person
- sharp-spoken
Antonyms:written
Inherited Hypernyms:spoken
Similar to:expressed uttered verbalised verbalized oral unwritten verbal viva-voce word-of-mouth
See also:articulate