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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

   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, 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, 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, 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, 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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How to use articulate in a sentence?

1. Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve:

   I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society.

2. Benjamin Crump:

   We find it very insulting and disrespectful not just to this family, but to the memory of a dead child, the city had at least 30 days to deliberate, to contemplate and articulate their response to our complaint.

3. Ellen Gilcrist:

   We live at the level of our language. Whatever we can articulate we can imagine or explore. All you have to do to educate a child is leave him alone and teach him to read. The rest is brainwashing.

4. Marya Mannes, The Quotable Woman...on Love & Relationships:

   All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

5. Jonathan Friedman:

   People are not OK with a 4-year-old boy being circumcised -- a conscious, articulate boy. That's just not OK, not everyone is against circumcisions, but I think everyone is against a 4-year-old's circumcision.