Antonyms for pronounce
prəˈnaʊnspro·nounce

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1. pronounce

   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, say, speak, talk, tell, utter

   Preposition:
   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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. pronounce

   Antonyms:
   mispronounce, mispropound, misaffirm, suppress, stifle, silence, choke, swallow, gabble, mumble

   Synonyms:
   articulate, utter, declare, propound, deliver, assert, affirm, enunciate, express

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1. • Declare

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pronounce, 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, articulate, joint, read, feel out, say, vocalise, give voice, allege, vocalize, aver, word, check out, judge, order, phrase

2. pronounce, label, judgeverb

   pronounce judgment on

   "They labeled him unfit to work here"

   Synonyms:
   guess, pass judgment, adjudicate, enounce, gauge, label, mark, enunciate, articulate, estimate, say, evaluate, try, approximate, tag, judge, sound out

How to use pronounce in a sentence?

1. Barbara Streisand:

   When Pat Buchanan thundered, and I quote, We stand with George Bush against the amoral idea that gay and lesbian couples should have the same standing in law as married men and women, I wondered: Who is Pat Buchanan to pronounce anybody's love invalid?

2. Justice Antonin Scalia:

   [T]he enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table.... Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our Nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security, and where gun violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.

3. Hubert Humphrey:

   People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can't pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves. They speak in languages we once classified as exotic but whose mastery is now essential for our diplomats and businessmen. But what they say is very much the same the world over. They want a decent standard of living. They want human dignity and a voice in their own futures. They want their children to grow up strong and healthy and free.

4. Carl Jung:

   Thinking is difficult. Therefore, let the herd pronounce judgement.

5. Matthias Wivel:

   I guess we'll see. It's so unpredictable, it's hard to pronounce upon it, obviously it's a shadow over everything.

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