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Articulate

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

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Similar meaning 16

Eloquent 84% connected

Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or pre…

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Eloquent 84% connected

Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or pre…

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Facile 84% connected

Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.

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Facile 84% connected

Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.

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Fluent 84% connected

Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

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Fluent 84% connected

Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

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Jointed 84% connected

of Joint

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Jointed 84% connected

of Joint

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Silver 84% connected

A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with…

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Silver 84% connected

A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with…

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Smooth-spoken 84% connected

Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.

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Smooth-spoken 84% connected

Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.

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Speaking 84% connected

of Speak

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Speaking 84% connected

of Speak

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Well-spoken 84% connected

Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly.

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Well-spoken 84% connected

Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly.

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Manner of action 35

Accent 76% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Accentuate 76% connected

To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

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Ask 76% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

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Aspirate 76% connected

To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.

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Cast 76% connected

of Cast

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Click 76% connected

To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

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Couch 76% connected

To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

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Dogmatize 76% connected

To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.

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Drawl 76% connected

To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

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Explode 76% connected

To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

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Flap 76% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Formularize 76% connected

To reduce to a forula; to formulate.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Labialize 76% connected

To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

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Lilt 76% connected

To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.

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Lisp 76% connected

To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.

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Mispronounce 76% connected

To pronounce incorrectly.

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Misspeak 76% connected

To err in speaking.

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Nasalize 76% connected

To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Redact 76% connected

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

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Retroflex 76% connected

Alt. of Retroflexed

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Round 76% connected

To whisper.

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Sibilate 76% connected

To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Stress 76% connected

Distress.

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Syllabize 76% connected

To syllabify.

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Trill 76% connected

To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.

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Twang 76% connected

A tang. See Tang a state.

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Vocalize 76% connected

To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.

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Voice 76% connected

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

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Vowelize 76% connected

To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.

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Connect 76% connected

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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Evince 76% connected

To conquer; to subdue.

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Link 76% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Speak 76% connected

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…

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Tell 76% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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Unite 76% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Derivationally related 12

Articulation 74% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Articulation 74% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Fluency 74% connected

The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility.

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Fluency 74% connected

The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility.

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Joint 74% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Joint 74% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Jointer 74% connected

One who, or that which, joints.

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Jointer 74% connected

One who, or that which, joints.

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Verbiage 74% connected

The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.

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Verbiage 74% connected

The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.

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Word 74% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Word 74% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Entails 5

Mouth 72% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Speak 72% connected

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…

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Talk 72% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Utter 72% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 72% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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See also 6

Communicative 66% connected

Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

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Communicative 66% connected

Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

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Synonym 10

Articulated 92% connected

of Articulate

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Enounce 92% connected

To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument.

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Enunciate 92% connected

To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

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Formulate 92% connected

To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

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Joint 92% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Phrase 92% connected

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…

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Pronounce 92% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

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Say 92% connected

Saw.

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Vocalize 92% connected

To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.

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Word 92% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Antonym 2

Inarticulate 94% connected

Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.

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Inarticulate 94% connected

Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.

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