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Synonyms for articulate
ɑrˈtɪk yə lɪt; -ˌleɪtar·tic·u·late
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
articulate
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, chat, chatter, converse, declaim, declare, deliver, discourse, enunciate, express, pronounce, say, speak, talk, tell, utterPreposition:
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.
Princeton's WordNet
articulateadjective
expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
"articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings"
Synonyms:
articulatedAntonyms:
unarticulate, speechless, silent, mute, dumb, inarticulate, unspoken, tongue-tied, voiceless, aphonic, unarticulated, wordless, incoherent, tongueless, aphasicarticulated, articulateverb
consisting of segments held together by joints
Synonyms:
articulatedAntonyms:
aphonic, unarticulated, mute, unspoken, dumb, voiceless, inarticulate, aphasic, silent, tongueless, unarticulate, tongue-tied, incoherent, wordless, speechlessjoint, articulateverb
provide with a joint
"the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"
Synonyms:
phrase, joint, sound out, say, formulate, give voice, enounce, vocalise, enunciate, word, vocalize, pronounceAntonyms:
inarticulate, speechless, unarticulate, unarticulated, silent, aphasic, mute, unspoken, dumb, tongue-tied, incoherent, tongueless, wordless, aphonic, voicelessgive voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulateverb
put into words or an expression
"He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
Synonyms:
sound out, devise, enounce, explicate, say, develop, excogitate, enunciate, joint, phrase, pronounce, vocalise, invent, contrive, vocalize, word, forge, formulate, give voiceAntonyms:
dumb, unarticulated, voiceless, speechless, inarticulate, incoherent, tongueless, aphasic, mute, unspoken, silent, aphonic, wordless, tongue-tied, unarticulatepronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, sayverb
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
"She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
Synonyms:
tell, sound out, state, enounce, enjoin, label, formulate, suppose, enunciate, joint, read, feel out, say, pronounce, vocalise, give voice, allege, vocalize, aver, word, check out, judge, order, phraseAntonyms:
dumb, tongue-tied, unarticulate, tongueless, aphasic, mute, incoherent, unarticulated, wordless, voiceless, silent, aphonic, unspoken, inarticulate, speechlessarticulateverb
unite by forming a joint or joints
"the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones"
Synonyms:
phrase, joint, sound out, say, formulate, give voice, enounce, vocalise, enunciate, word, vocalize, pronounceAntonyms:
silent, unarticulate, wordless, unspoken, speechless, voiceless, aphasic, mute, aphonic, tongueless, unarticulated, tongue-tied, inarticulate, dumb, incoherentarticulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocaliseverb
express or state clearly
Synonyms:
sound out, enounce, sound, say, phonate, formulate, vowelize, enunciate, joint, voice, phrase, pronounce, vocalise, give voice, vocalize, word, voweliseAntonyms:
wordless, mute, tongueless, dumb, aphonic, silent, incoherent, voiceless, inarticulate, unspoken, aphasic, tongue-tied, unarticulate, speechless, unarticulated
Editors Contribution
make (oneself) understood
to put into words.
a new born baby may display emotions with a smile, or by crying, but as yet they are unable to articulate there feelings.
Submitted by rinat on November 10, 2015make public
Dictionary of English Synonymes
articulateadjective
Synonyms:
jointed, articulated. distinctly utteredarticulateverb
Synonyms:
utter distinctly (as respects the elementary sounds), PRONOUNCE, ENOUNCE, speak
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "articulate":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#111 | state | |
#173 | order | |
#180 | read | |
#496 | say | |
#723 | tell | |
#803 | sound | |
#810 | word | |
#816 | talk | |
#962 | chat | |
#1252 | voice | |
#1365 | express | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1971 | label | |
#2082 | joint | |
#2233 | define | |
#2544 | speak | |
#2567 | judge | |
#3338 | deliver | |
#5017 | phrase | |
#5416 | suppose | |
#5539 | announce | |
#9348 | declare | |
#9768 | forge | |
#11225 | discourse | |
#15167 | converse | |
#17054 | utter | |
#18236 | formulate | |
#18842 | chatter | |
#18871 | articulate | |
#19690 | articulated | |
#21495 | invent | |
#22251 | devise | |
#28483 | pronounce | |
#34397 | allege | |
#39205 | aver | |
#64354 | enjoin | |
#103482 | contrive | |
#125863 | explicate | |
#158127 | vocalise | |
#162352 | vocalize | |
#165665 | enunciate | |
#254576 | declaim |
How to use articulate in a sentence?
As much as I'm going to try to articulate how traumatizing it is to be hiding under your desk, you don't know until you're there and you feel helpless.
Martin McGuinness was always one of the lads, and at the same time Martin McGuinness stood out as being more articulate than most, more self-confident, obviously the pleasant exterior of Martin McGuinness is not all that there is to him.
When you put those two together, what they're really reflecting is students are more willing than ever to articulate being overwhelmed and to take that out on themselves, either through self-injury or through talking about the possibility of suicide or thinking actively about that and that plays out in all areas of university life, so universities are coping with the consequences of these kinds of behaviors and thoughts in ways that we haven't necessarily seen historically on a much greater scale.
Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve:
I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society.
I hope it is a negotiating strategy. But they need to articulate actions to be taken.
Translations for articulate
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- يتكلم بوArabic
- съединявам, шарнирен, свързвам, отчетлив, произнасям ясно, членоразделен, ставен, артикулирам, ясен, изяснявамBulgarian
- articulatCatalan, Valencian
- artikulovatCzech
- effektiv, redegewandt, betonen, klar, ausdrücken, artikulierenGerman
- αρθρώνωGreek
- articulado, elocuente, claro, articular, vocalizar, articularseSpanish
- بیانPersian
- ääntää selvästi, niveltää, artikuloidaFinnish
- articuler, éloquente, éloquent, articulé, clairFrench
- pongail, siùbhlachScottish Gaelic
- világos, érthető, artikuláltHungarian
- հոդաբաշխArmenian
- pandai berbicaraIndonesian
- artikularIdo
- chiaro, eloquenteItalian
- klaar, geärticuleerd, taalvaardig, efficiënt, gelede, benadrukken, uitdrukken, welbespraakt, uitspreken, uitleggen, duidelijk, articuleren, geleed, verzorgenDutch
- artikulereNorwegian
- articulaRomanian
- членораздельный, выразительныйRussian
- 說出Chinese
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