out loud
Not just thought
Out loud means audibly, with sound produced by the voice rather than silently in one's head.
She read the poem out loud to the class.
The phrase often emphasizes that something typically kept private—thoughts, reactions, laughter—is being expressed vocally.
I didn't mean to say that out loud.
To laugh out loud is to actually vocalize amusement, not just smile; the abbreviation LOL references this but is often used loosely for mild amusement.
Expressed in words aloud
- vocalExpressing views freely
- voicedExpressed in speech
- verbalOf or in words
- hearableCapable of being perceived
auditory · sonorous · resonant · pronounced · enunciated · intoned · sounded · acoustic
Publicly stated or declared
- proclaimedDeclared in public
- declaredStated with authority
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- addressedSpoke to formally
stated · disclosed · revealed · shared · confessed · admitted · professed · testified
Oral delivery from memory
- readingInterpreting written text
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- orationFormal public speech
declamation · rehearsal · elocution · presentation · dialogue · audiobook · voiceover · dictation
Arousing strong feelings
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- animatedFull of life, or drawn moving
- emphaticExpressed with force
fervent · theatrical · heartfelt · uninhibited · unrestrained · exclaimed · cried · shouted
spoken
Expressed in words aloud
hearable · auditory · sonorous · resonant · pronounced · enunciated · intoned · sounded · acoustic · articulated
announced
Publicly stated or declared
- proclaimedDeclared in public
- declaredStated with authority
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
addressed · stated · disclosed · revealed · shared · confessed · admitted · professed · testified · reported
recitation
Oral delivery from memory
oration · declamation · rehearsal · elocution · presentation · dialogue · audiobook · voiceover · dictation · storytelling
emotive
Arousing strong feelings
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- animatedFull of life, or drawn moving
emphatic · fervent · theatrical · heartfelt · uninhibited · unrestrained · exclaimed · cried · shouted · laughed
out loudsilently
Without audible noise
in silence · to oneself · inwardly · soundlessly · inaudibly
loud, out, aloud, loudly, louder, loudness, loudspeaker, loudest, loudmouth