utter

utter is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as adjective and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Outer. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 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 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Outer.
2. adjective. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
3. adjective. Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.
4. adjective. Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial.
5. adjective. To put forth or out; to reach out.
6. adjective. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend.
7. adjective. hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes.
8. adjective. To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce.
9. verb. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

   "She expressed her anger"

   "He uttered a curse"

   Synonyms: express, verbalise, verbalize

10. verb. express in speech

    "She talks a lot of nonsense"

    "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

    Synonyms: mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize

11. verb. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

    "She let out a big heavy sigh"

    "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

    Synonyms: emit

12. verb. put into circulation

    "utter counterfeit currency"

13. adjective. complete

    "came to a dead stop"

    "utter seriousness"

    Synonyms: dead

14. adjective. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

    "an arrant fool"

    "a complete coward"

    Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated

Synonyms

express, verbalise, verbalize, mouth, speak, talk, emit, dead, arrant, complete, consummate, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated

Common word forms

utters, uttered, utterer, utterly, utterest, uttering, utterable, utterless, utterness

Words from these letters

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