utter
Speak or absolute
Utter as an adjective means complete or absolute, emphasizing the extreme degree of something: utter nonsense, utter chaos, an utter failure.
It intensifies negative qualities more often than positive ones.
The verb utter means to speak or produce sounds: She didn't utter a word.
To utter counterfeit currency is to put it into circulation—a legal term for passing off fakes as genuine.
Speak words aloud
- pronounceUtter distinctly, vocalize
- voiceSound from throat
- verbalizeExpress in speech
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
express · enunciate · speak · declare · state · mouth · breathe · emit
Total, without qualification
- totalComplete sum
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- outrightComplete and unqualified
unmitigated · unqualified · thorough · consummate · perfect · entire · undiluted · unadulterated
say
Speak words aloud
articulate · express · enunciate · speak · declare · state · mouth · breathe · emit · deliver
absolute
Total, without qualification
outright · unmitigated · unqualified · thorough · consummate · perfect · entire · undiluted · unadulterated · wholesale
mumble
Speak softly, indistinctly
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- stammerSpeak with involuntary repetitions
stutter · babble · blurt · gasp · rasp · croak · drawl · slur · lisp · falter
shriek
Shrill, piercing cry
yell · shout · scream · wail · cry · roar · bark · snarl · screech · squeal
- communicateexpress, convey, communicate, tell, share
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- expressionexpress, convey, communicate, verbal, nonverbal
- U-wordsugly, ultimate, ultra, umbrella, unable
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- ___ silencedeathly, eerie, awkward, uncomfortable, stunned
utterpartial
Favoring one side
incomplete · qualified · limited · slight · conditional
mutter, utterly, muttered, muttering, uttered, utterance, uttering, unutterable, unuttered