express

State with words

The noun and adjective express have to do with rapid movement; the verb express means to manifest in some communicable or understandable form (express an opinion, express anger).

Things are characterized with the adjective express to distinguish them from slower things: The restaurant offered express delivery.

As a noun, express may designate a mode of fast service, or a vessel: Take the 5 o’clock express.

convey

communicate

Exchange thoughts with others

indicate · signify · denote · manifest · demonstrate · represent · show · reveal · disclose · voice

emphasize

accentuate

To give emphasis

amplify · reinforce · punctuate · spotlight · underline · heighten · assert · affirm · insist · declare

intense

passionate

Intensely emotional or enthusiastic

  • vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
  • ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
  • fieryIntensely hot or passionate

forceful · ardent · zealous · impassioned · earnest · animated · spirited · vivid · emphatic · vigorous

postal

mail

Postal system items

courier · postage · overnight · priority · FedEx · UPS · DHL · airmail · registered · certified

emotion

feelings

Emotional responses experienced internally

  • cryVocal expression of emotion
  • laughExpress amusement vocally
  • angerIntense hostile emotion

joy · fear · sadness · love · happiness · grief · surprise · disgust · envy · contempt

swift

speed

Rate of motion

  • rapidMoving with haste
  • quickMoving with speed
  • fastSpeedy, or skip eating

acceleration · streamline · sprint · jet · lightning · haste · hurried · fleeting · nonstop · direct

articulate

eloquence

Persuasive verbal grace

rhetoric · communication · dialogue · discourse · narration · prose · diction · enunciation · pronunciation · monologue

train

railway

Track system for trains

Amtrak · Eurostar · Shinkansen · TGV · ICE · bullet train · platform · station · nonstop · direct

clarity

lucidity

Clearness of mind

directness · plainness · succinctness · terseness · brevity · bluntness · frankness · candor · forthrightness · definiteness

newspaper

tabloid

Sensationalist newspaper format

edition · circulation

Categories
Opposites
communication/revelation

expresssuppress

Forcibly put an end to

repress · conceal · withhold · hide · stifle

SPEED/EFFICIENCY (transportation/service)

expresslocal

Of this area

slow · stopping · regular · standard · economy

explicitness/clarity

expressimplicit

Understood without being stated

implied · tacit · unspoken · unstated · indirect

Phrases
Family

expression, expressive, expressed, expressions, expressing, expressway, expresses, expressionless, unexpressed

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