clear speech
Words without mumbling
Clear speech is a deliberate speaking style that emphasizes intelligibility—slower pace, precise articulation, fuller pronunciation of sounds that might otherwise be reduced or swallowed.
Speakers adopt clear speech when addressing someone who is hard of hearing, learning the language, or struggling to understand: Could you use clear speech? I'm having trouble following you.
The opposite is casual or conversational speech, where sounds blur together naturally.
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- enunciateSpeak with clarity
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- dictionChoice of words
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
fluent · crisp · precise · distinct · voice · voice projection · coherent · audible · speak up · understandable · elocution · open your mouth · projection · tongue · lips · microphone · podium · rehearsed
- candorfrankness, directness, bluntness, candor, straightforwardness
- clarityobvious, simplification, concise, lucidity, apparent
- plain languageplain language, plain English, plain text, plain talk, simple English
- Dictiondiction, enunciation, articulation, elocution, pronunciation
- Speech Practicearticulation, enunciation, pronunciation drills, pronunciation practice, tongue twisters
- speechtalk, diction, conversation, pronunciation, articulation
clear speechmumbling
Indistinct, quiet speech
slurred speech · slurring · muttering · murmuring · gibberish
clear speechdouble talk
Purposely ambiguous language
obfuscation · doublespeak · equivocation · circumlocution · beating around the bush
clear, clearly, clearness, clearance, clarity, clarify, clarification, unclear, cleared