outspeaks
Speaks more boldly
Outspeaks is the third-person singular of outspeak, meaning to speak more boldly or loudly than others, or to express something openly that others won't say: She outspeaks her colleagues on controversial issues.
The word is uncommon; "speaks out" typically serves the same purpose in contemporary English.
Make something visible
- divulgeReveal private information
- exposeMake known publicly
- proclaimDeclare officially and openly
- announceState something officially
declare · broadcast · publicize · testify · confess · uncover · air · whistleblow
Sure of oneself
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
- commandingExerting strong authority
- authoritativeHaving recognized expertise
- emphaticExpressed with force
persuasive · dominant · decisive · insistent · self-assured · strong-willed · unyielding · determined
Open and direct
- bluntDull or tactlessly direct
- forthrightDirectly honest in manner
- straightforwardClear and uncomplicated
- honestFree from deception
transparent · unfiltered · truthful · sincere · direct · unreserved · unvarnished · guileless
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- communicativeApt to share information
- verbalOf or in words
oratory · pronounced · audible · voiced · declaimed · enunciated · sonorous · resonant
reveal
Make something visible
announce · declare · broadcast · publicize · testify · confess · uncover · air · whistleblow · denounce
confident
Sure of oneself
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
- commandingExerting strong authority
- authoritativeHaving recognized expertise
emphatic · persuasive · dominant · decisive · insistent · self-assured · strong-willed · unyielding · determined · resolute
frank
Open and direct
- bluntDull or tactlessly direct
- forthrightDirectly honest in manner
- straightforwardClear and uncomplicated
honest · transparent · unfiltered · truthful · sincere · direct · unreserved · unvarnished · guileless · upfront
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- communicativeApt to share information
verbal · oratory · pronounced · audible · voiced · declaimed · enunciated · sonorous · resonant · clear
outspeakslistens
Perceives sound attentively
clams up · shuts up · keeps mum · bites one's tongue · hushes
outspeaksself-censors
Voluntarily suppresses own speech
holds back · suppresses · hedges · equivocates · mumbles