speak

verb

1)

she refused to speak about it

Syn:

talk, say anything/something; utter, state, declare, tell, voice, express, pronounce, articulate, enunciate, vocalize, verbalize

2)

we spoke the other day

Syn:

converse, have a conversation, talk, communicate, chat, pass the time of day, have a word, gossip; informal have a confab, chew the fat; natter, shoot the breeze; formal confabulate

3)

the minister spoke for two hours

Syn:

give a speech, talk, lecture, hold forth, discourse, expound, expatiate, orate, sermonize, pontificate, declaim; informal spout, spiel, speechify, jaw, sound off

4)

he was spoken of as a promising student

Syn:

mention, talk about, discuss, refer to, remark on, allude to, describe

5)

her expression spoke disbelief

Syn:

indicate, show, display, register, reveal, betray, exhibit, manifest, express, convey, impart, bespeak, communicate, evidence; suggest, denote, reflect; formal evince

6)

you must speak to him about his rudeness

Syn:

reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate with, take to task; informal tell off, dress down, rap over the knuckles, come down on, give someone what for; formal castigate

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- speak for

- speak out

- speak up