spoken
Not just thought
Spoken is the past participle of speak, used to form perfect tenses I have spoken and as an adjective describing verbal rather than written communication: a spoken agreement, the spoken word.
With a modifier, it describes manner of speech: soft-spoken, well-spoken, plain-spoken.
Spoken for means already claimed or reserved: That last slice of cake is spoken for.
Spoken aloud formally
- utteredExpressed in speech
- voicedExpressed in speech
- enunciatedSpoke with clear pronunciation
- vocalizedExpressed with voice
intoned · phonetic · audible · syllabic · phonemic · phonological · sibilant · resonant
Stated with authority
- announcedPublicly stated or declared
- proclaimedDeclared in public
- statedExpressed in words
- conveyedTransferred or expressed
communicated · disclosed · revealed · divulged · narrated · recited · related · testified
Spoken exchange between parties
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- discussionExchange of ideas
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
banter · chatter · talk · repartee · colloquy · interview · aside · interjection
System of symbolic communication
- wordLinguistic meaning unit
- dialectRegional language variety
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- idiomFixed phrase, opaque meaning
tongue · parlance · lingo · colloquialism · slang · jargon · patois · creole
Speak to formally
- orationFormal public speech
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- sermonClergy's worship address
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
soliloquy · recitation · declamation · keynote · toast · eulogy · invocation · benediction
pronounced
Spoken aloud formally
- utteredExpressed in speech
- voicedExpressed in speech
- enunciatedSpoke with clear pronunciation
vocalized · intoned · phonetic · audible · syllabic · phonemic · phonological · sibilant · resonant · sonorous
declared
Stated with authority
- announcedPublicly stated or declared
- proclaimedDeclared in public
- statedExpressed in words
conveyed · communicated · disclosed · revealed · divulged · narrated · recited · related · testified · confessed
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- discussionExchange of ideas
exchange · banter · chatter · talk · repartee · colloquy · interview · aside · interjection · off-the-cuff
language
System of symbolic communication
- wordLinguistic meaning unit
- dialectRegional language variety
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
idiom · tongue · parlance · lingo · colloquialism · slang · jargon · patois · creole · pidgin
address
Speak to formally
monologue · soliloquy · recitation · declamation · keynote · toast · eulogy · invocation · benediction · homily
spokenwritten
Composed in text
nonverbal · non-verbal · graphic · textual · handwritten
- spoke upExpressed oneself aloud
- spoken forAlready claimed or reserved
- spoken upExpressed oneself audibly
- spoke too soonDeclared victory prematurely
- spoke out
- spoken wordPoetry delivered aloud
spoke, unspoken, outspoken, bespoken, spoken for, bespoke, outspokenness, spoken word, misspoke