Synonyms for speak up
speak up

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1. opine, speak up, speak out, animadvert, sound offverb

   express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

   "John spoke up at the meeting"

   Synonyms:
   opine, complain, imagine, speak out, strike up, plain, kick, kvetch, guess, animadvert, quetch, sound off, think, suppose, reckon

2. speak upverb

   speak louder; raise one's voice

   "The audience asked the lecturer to please speak up"

   Synonyms:
   opine, animadvert, speak out, sound off

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1. • Declare
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1. John Lewis:

   I tell friends and family, colleagues and especially young people that when you see something that's not right or fair, you have to do something, you have to speak up, you have to get in the way.

2. Mark Goldstone:

   Doug's dramatic act of aerial civil disobedience was a cry that our democracy is in peril unless ordinary citizens feel free to speak up and have their voices heard by their government.

3. Ben Crump:

   I tell you brothers and sisters in Fayetteville, North Carolina tonight, that it is the right thing to do, that we speak up for the truth of what happened to Jason Walker, that we fight for the truth of what happened to Jason Walker.

4. Koichi Hagiuda:

   We had thought it was better not to speak up much, but that doesn't get through, so some demonstration seems to be needed.

5. Claudia Cappa:

   UNICEF is working with partners all over the world to implement a number of measures, with an emphasis on placing children themselves at the center of this change by supporting children to speak up against violence in schools and to learn themselves how to treat each other with kindness and respect, we are witnessing in many places around the world a bigger recognition of school violence being a problem.