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Antonyms for utter
ˈʌt ərut·ter
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term utter.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
utter
To utter is to give forth as an audible sound, articulate or not. To talk is to utter a succession of connected words, ordinarily with the expectation of being listened to. To speak is to give articulate utterance even to a single word; the officer speaks the word of command, but does not talk it. To speak is also to utter words with the ordinary intonation, as distinguished from singing. To chat is ordinarily to utter in a familiar, conversational way; to chatter is to talk in an empty, ceaseless way like a magpie.
Synonyms:
announce, articulate, chat, chatter, converse, declaim, declare, deliver, discourse, enunciate, express, pronounce, say, speak, talk, tellPreposition:
Speak to (address) a person; speak with a person (converse with him); speak of or about a thing (make it the subject of remark); speak on or upon a subject; in parliamentary language, speak to the question.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
utterverb
Antonyms:
recal, suppress, repress, hush, stifle, check, swallowSynonyms:
circulate, issue, promulgate, express, articulate, pronounce, speakutteradjective
Antonyms:
imperfect, incomplete, impureSynonyms:
extreme, perfect, complete, unqualified, absolute, thorough, consummate, entire, sheer, pure
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Princeton's WordNet
arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulteratedadjective
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
"an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
Antonyms:
mitigated, uncomplete, incompletedead(a), utterverb
complete
"came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"
Antonyms:
incomplete, uncomplete, mitigatedexpress, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue toverb
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
"She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
Antonyms:
uncomplete, mitigated, incompleteSynonyms:
extract, express, press out, evince, talk, let loose, convey, show, let out, state, emit, give tongue to, speak, verbalize, carry, verbalise, mouthutter, emit, let out, let looseverb
express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
"She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
Antonyms:
mitigated, uncomplete, incompleteSynonyms:
pass off, unwrap, express, bring out, divulge, talk, let loose, give away, expose, reveal, widen, breathe, let out, break, verbalise, emit, loose, give tongue to, speak, give off, verbalize, give out, let on, discover, unleash, disclose, mouthtalk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbaliseverb
express in speech
"She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
Antonyms:
mitigated, incomplete, uncompleteSynonyms:
let loose, talk, express, peach, address, verbalise, give tongue to, tattle, babble out, babble, let out, emit, blab, lecture, spill the beans, speak, verbalize, blab out, sing, spill, mouth, let the cat out of the bagutterverb
put into circulation
"utter counterfeit currency"
Antonyms:
incomplete, mitigated, uncompleteSynonyms:
give tongue to, express, let loose, emit, verbalise, mouth, let out, verbalize, talk, speak
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
utteradjective
Synonyms:
complete, absolute, perfect, unconditional, unqualified, peremptoryutterverb
How to use utter in a sentence?
Wake up FCC and begin to do your job, the moral decline of America is partly due to your utter complacency.
She wo n’t even utter the words.
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.
Everyone's in utter shock.
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