Synonyms for ARTICULATE
ɑrˈtɪk yə lɪt; -ˌleɪtar·tic·u·late

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1. 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, 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.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. articulateadjective

   expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language

   "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings"

   Synonyms:
   articulated

   Antonyms:
   unarticulate, speechless, silent, mute, dumb, inarticulate, unspoken, tongue-tied, voiceless, aphonic, unarticulated, wordless, incoherent, tongueless, aphasic

2. articulated, articulateverb

   consisting of segments held together by joints

   Synonyms:
   articulated, articulate

   Antonyms:
   aphonic, unarticulated, mute, unspoken, dumb, voiceless, inarticulate, aphasic, silent, tongueless, unarticulate, tongue-tied, incoherent, wordless, speechless

3. joint, 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, articulate, vocalize, pronounce

   Antonyms:
   inarticulate, speechless, unarticulate, unarticulated, silent, aphasic, mute, unspoken, dumb, tongue-tied, incoherent, tongueless, wordless, aphonic, voiceless

4. give 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, articulate, joint, phrase, pronounce, vocalise, invent, contrive, vocalize, word, forge, formulate, give voice

   Antonyms:
   dumb, unarticulated, voiceless, speechless, inarticulate, incoherent, tongueless, aphasic, mute, unspoken, silent, aphonic, wordless, tongue-tied, unarticulate

5. 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, pronounce, vocalise, give voice, allege, vocalize, aver, word, check out, judge, order, phrase

   Antonyms:
   dumb, tongue-tied, unarticulate, tongueless, aphasic, mute, incoherent, unarticulated, wordless, voiceless, silent, aphonic, unspoken, inarticulate, speechless

6. articulateverb

   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, pronounce

   Antonyms:
   silent, unarticulate, wordless, unspoken, speechless, voiceless, aphasic, mute, aphonic, tongueless, unarticulated, tongue-tied, inarticulate, dumb, incoherent

7. articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocaliseverb

   express or state clearly

   Synonyms:
   sound out, enounce, sound, say, phonate, formulate, vowelize, enunciate, articulate, joint, voice, phrase, pronounce, vocalise, give voice, vocalize, word, vowelise

   Antonyms:
   wordless, mute, tongueless, dumb, aphonic, silent, incoherent, voiceless, inarticulate, unspoken, aphasic, tongue-tied, unarticulate, speechless, unarticulated

Matched Categories

1. • Carpentry
   • Express
   • Provide
   • Unite

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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, 2015  

2. make public

   Submitted by anonymous on December 30, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. articulateadjective

   Synonyms:
   jointed, articulated. distinctly uttered

2. articulateverb

   Synonyms:
   utter distinctly (as respects the elementary sounds), PRONOUNCE, ENOUNCE, speak

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "articulate":

   express, formulate, articulated, define, enunciate

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1. Phil Davis:

   I don't know why. I don't know why he stopped, but 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.

2. California Sen. Barbara Boxer:

   Oh, she's bouncing for sure. But, you know, she's bouncing because she really is very articulate, she's very good with words, (but) I think when people see her deeds and see her mean-spiritedness, she won't be on the top anymore.

3. Christine Connelly:

   She was the first young person who picked up the national spotlight, went on TV and was able to articulate her perspective and point of view with such innocence.

4. Matt McIlwain:

   Candidates need to have that embrace of innovation and articulate how it is a road for anybody in our society, i ’m not inspired by either of the major party candidates.

5. Eric Dane:

   To have secrets and to have to live keeping those secrets from people, i've certainly had my struggles with alcoholism, drug addiction, mental health, and I know what it's like to have to put up a facade and have an external experience not match the internal experience. I felt like that was my strongest asset in trying to articulate what the guy's going through.