Antonyms for outspoken
ˈaʊtˈspoʊ kənout·spo·ken

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1. outspoken

   Antonyms:
   mysterious, enigmatical, reserved, taciturn, secretive, uncommunicative

   Synonyms:
   plain, frank, unreserved, candid

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1. outspoken, vocaladjective

   given to expressing yourself freely or insistently

   "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly"

   Antonyms:
   uncommunicative, incommunicative, indirect

   Synonyms:
   free-spoken, forthright, point-blank, candid, blunt, plainspoken, vocal, straight-from-the-shoulder, frank

2. blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulderadjective

   characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

   "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

   Antonyms:
   incommunicative, uncommunicative, indirect

   Synonyms:
   free-spoken, stark(a), crude(a), open, point-blank, candid, forthright, plainspoken, blunt, straight-from-the-shoulder, frank, vocal, heart-to-heart

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1. outspokenadjective

   Synonyms:
   unreserved, frank, explicit, blunt, ingenuous

How to use outspoken in a sentence?

1. Mark Hamillhas:

   I mean she was just so instantly ingratiating and funny and outspoken. She had a way of just being so brutally candid, i’d just met her but it was like talking to a person you’d known for ten years. She was telling me stuff about her stepfather, about her mom, about [her father] Eddie Fisher — it was just harrowing in its detail. I kept thinking, ‘Should I know this?’ I mean, I wouldn’t have shared that with somebody that I had trusted for years and years and years. But she was the opposite. She just sucked you into her world.

2. Nick Adams:

   Elliot Page has given us fantastic characters on-screen, and has been an outspoken advocate for all LGBTQ people, elliot Page will now be an inspiration to countless trans and non-binary people. All transgender people deserve the chance to be ourselves and to be accepted for who we are. We celebrate the remarkable Elliot Page today.

3. Jim Inhofe:

   Senate leadership has already been outspoken in its positions that the United States is not legally bound to any agreement setting emissions targets or any financial commitment to it without approval by Congress.

4. Jesse Ricketson:

   He's an outspoken guy who has a lot of opinions but he's always come from a place of love for Cambodia -- he loves the people, loves the place.

5. John Kerry:

   We're very outspoken, and we will remain very clear and outspoken on these issues, we had a very direct conversation today about human rights. They're ready to engage on these issues, and let's see what progress can be made. ... If they challenge their own citizens on the issue of human rights, you will hear us loudly and clearly taking them on with respect to that.

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