Synonyms for 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. Michael McConnell:

   At times when the nation is being torn apart, it's especially useful that the branch of government that still commands the highest trust of the American public -- and, I think most of the time, does behave in the less partisan, less divisive ways -- for that branch to speak up and remind the American public the principles underlying this.

2. Amy Sussman/Getty Images:

   But I do think that hope without action is fruitless, and we have to, for all of our leaders, continue to be vocal and continue to be constituents that speak up and show up. If there is no political cost often for these candidates and for people who get into office and become our representatives, they don't feel any pressure to do anything.

3. Heidi Heitkamp:

   It takes courage for any woman to speak up about sexual assault, and we need to respect Prof. Ford by listening to her and hearing her story.

4. Paul Rusesabagina:

   Having a thought is a crime in some places, being your own man is a crime in some places, my father is guilty of having the guts to speak up. This is political, of course it is. These are the games they play.

5. Monique Payton:

   Little Gary would always mumble. I would say, ‘Son, speak up, I can’t hear you,’ i would be so harsh, ‘What are you saying?’.