Dictionary entry details
• UTTER (adjective)
Meaning:
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Synonyms:
sodding; utter; double-dyed; arrant; unadulterated; thoroughgoing; staring; perfect; pure; everlasting; consummate; complete; stark; gross
Context examples:
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
Similar:
unmitigated (not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier)
Meaning:
Total
Synonyms:
utter; dead
Context examples:
dead silence / utter seriousness
Similar:
absolute (perfect or complete or pure)
• UTTER (verb)
Meaning:
Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
give tongue to; utter; express; verbalise; verbalize
Context examples:
She expressed her anger / He uttered a curse
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "utter"):
blaspheme; curse; cuss; imprecate; swear (utter obscenities or profanities)
hurl; throw (utter with force; utter vehemently)
pooh-pooh (express contempt about)
say; state; tell (express in words)
represent (serve as a means of expressing something)
say (utter aloud)
platitudinize (utter platitudes)
get off (deliver verbally)
pour out (express without restraint)
drop (utter casually)
breathe (utter or tell)
wish (make or express a wish)
call out; cry; cry out; exclaim; outcry; shout (utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy)
clamor; clamour (utter or proclaim insistently and noisily)
shout out; vociferate (utter in a very loud voice)
marvel (express astonishment or surprise about something)
voice (give voice to)
raise (cause to be heard or known; express or utter)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
let loose; let out; utter; emit
Context examples:
She let out a big heavy sigh / He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "utter"):
chirr (make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas)
meow; mew (cry like a cat)
quack (utter quacking noises)
hoot (utter the characteristic sound of owls)
cronk; honk (cry like a goose)
hiss; sibilate; siss; sizz (make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval)
churr; whirr (make a vibrant sound, as of some birds)
cheep; chirp; chirrup; peep; twirp (make high-pitched sounds; of birds)
bellow; roar (make a loud noise, as of animal)
baa; blat; blate; bleat (cry plaintively)
bark (make barking sounds)
howl; wrawl; yammer; yowl (cry loudly, as of animals)
growl; grumble; rumble (to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds)
groan; moan; sough (indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure)
sibilate (utter a sibilant)
bray; hee-haw (braying characteristic of donkeys)
oink; squeal (utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs)
smack (press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating)
sing (to make melodious sounds)
croak; cronk (utter a hoarse sound, like a raven)
hem (utter 'hem' or 'ahem')
haw (utter 'haw')
mew (utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls)
caw (utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens)
gargle (utter with gargling or burbling sounds)
neigh; nicker; whicker; whinny (make a characteristic sound, of a horse)
gobble (make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys)
cackle (squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens)
low; moo (make a low noise, characteristic of bovines)
clack; click; cluck (make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens)
give (emit or utter)
spit; spit out (utter with anger or contempt)
cry (utter a characteristic sound)
gurgle (utter with a gurgling sound)
shoot (utter fast and forcefully)
call (utter a characteristic note or cry)
echo; repeat (to say again or imitate)
tsk; tut; tut-tut (utter 'tsk,' 'tut,' or 'tut-tut,' as in disapproval)
miaou; miaow (make a cat-like sound)
call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)
coo (cry softly, as of pigeons)
trumpet (utter in trumpet-like sounds)
crow (utter shrill sounds)
crow (express pleasure verbally)
gibber (chatter inarticulately; of monkeys)
nasale (speak in a nasal voice)
bite out (utter)
sigh (utter with a sigh)
snort (indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose)
wolf-whistle (whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males)
grunt (issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise)
hoot (to utter a loud clamorous shout)
deliver (utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.))
splutter; sputter (utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage)
chorus (utter in unison)
heave (utter a sound, as with obvious effort)
break into (express or utter spontaneously)
volley (utter rapidly)
pant (utter while panting, as if out of breath)
lift (make audible)
troat (emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time)
call (utter in a loud voice or announce)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Express in speech
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
speak; mouth; talk; verbalize; verbalise; utter
Context examples:
She talks a lot of nonsense / This depressed patient does not verbalize
Hypernyms (to "utter" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "utter"):
murmur (speak softly or indistinctly)
snivel; whine (talk in a tearful manner)
open up (talk freely and without inhibition)
jaw; rattle on; yack; yack away; yap away (talk incessantly and tiresomely)
chatter (make noise as if chattering away)
blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
generalise; generalize (speak or write in generalities)
deliver; present (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea))
maunder; mumble; mussitate; mutter (talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice)
slur (utter indistinctly)
bark (speak in an unfriendly tone)
sing (produce tones with the voice)
gulp (utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly)
chant; intone; tone (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically)
babble (utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way)
cackle (talk or utter in a cackling manner)
hiss; sibilate; siss; sizz (express or utter with a hiss)
jabber; mouth off; rabbit on; rant; rave; spout (talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)
bay (utter in deep prolonged tones)
inflect; modulate; tone (vary the pitch of one's speech)
blunder; blunder out; blurt; blurt out; ejaculate (utter impulsively)
rasp (utter in a grating voice)
peep (speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice)
whisper (speak softly; in a low voice)
shout (utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking))
lip off; shoot one's mouth off (speak spontaneously and without restraint)
begin (begin to speak or say)
troll (speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice)
phonate; vocalise; vocalize (utter speech sounds)
read (look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed)
speak up (speak louder; raise one's voice)
snap; snarl (utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone)
enthuse (utter with enthusiasm)
bumble; falter; stammer; stutter (speak haltingly)
drone; drone on (talk in a monotonous voice)
blubber; blubber out (utter while crying)
talk about; talk of (discuss or mention)
whiff (utter with a puff of air)
verbalise; verbalize (be verbose)
swallow (utter indistinctly)
speak in tongues (speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Put into circulation
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
utter counterfeit currency
Hypernyms (to "utter" is one way to...):
circulate; distribute; pass around; pass on (cause to be distributed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
