speak

speak is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
2. intransitive verb. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
3. intransitive verb. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
4. intransitive verb. To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
5. intransitive verb. To give sound; to sound.
6. intransitive verb. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
7. transitive verb. To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
8. transitive verb. To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
9. transitive verb. To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
10. transitive verb. To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
11. transitive verb. To address; to accost; to speak to.
12. verb. express in speech

    "She talks a lot of nonsense"

    "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

    Synonyms: mouth, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize

13. verb. exchange thoughts; talk with

    "We often talk business"

    "Actions talk louder than words"

    Synonyms: talk

14. verb. use language

    "the baby talks already"

    "the prisoner won't speak"

    Synonyms: talk

15. verb. give a speech to

    "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"

    Synonyms: address

16. verb. make a characteristic or natural sound

    "The drums spoke"

Synonyms

mouth, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize, address

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in speak:

peaks, sapek, spake

Common word forms

speaks, speaker, speaking, speakable, speakless

Words from these letters

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