speak
To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
Other meanings
To have a conversation.
“It's been ages since we've spoken.”
To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
“He spoke of it in his diary.”
Synonyms
- articulate
- talk
Antonyms
- be silent
Related words
- bespeak
- forespeak
- forspeak
- forthspeak
- misspeak
- outspeak
- overspeak
- public speaking
- speakable
- speaker
- speakeasy
- speakworthy
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "specan" (to speak).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “speak” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.