utterable

Able to speak

Utterable describes something capable of being spoken or expressed in words.

The term appears most often in its negative form, unutterable, which describes feelings or experiences too intense or profound for language: unutterable grief, unutterable joy.

Plain utterable is rare, since we seldom need to note that something *can* be said.

speakable

pronounceable

Able to be spoken

expressible · verbalizable · mentionable · communicable · audible · declarable · reportable · tellable · describable · conveyable

phonetic

pronunciation

Manner of speaking words

phoneme · syllable · intonation · inflection · accent · vowel · consonant · phonation · elocution · prosody

Opposites
expressibility

utterableunutterable

Impossible to express verbally

ineffable · inexpressible · unexpressible · unspeakable · indescribable

speakability/propriety

utterableunspeakable

Beyond verbal expression

unprintable · unmentionable · taboo · forbidden · censored

Family

unutterable, unutterably

Familiarity
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