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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1. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov:

   If I can advise President Biden, I would like him to articulate to Vladimir Putin of Russia that no red lines from the Kremlin side should be here. The red line is here in Ukraine and the civilized world will react without hesitation, the idea of not provoking Russia will not work.

2. Bruce Cain:

   The sense Nixon had was that he was speaking for all those people who had served in the past, and who were getting pushed aside by the civil rights agenda, or being pushed aside by students and anti-war protesters, so he was going to articulate their concerns.

3. Paul Rowley:

   [ People with dementia ] have difficulty communicating and they can't necessarily articulate what they are feeling, so that often leaves the carer having to interpret their feelings.

4. Kris Kobach:

   It's likely that the Kansas Senate candidate who will do the best is the one who can best articulate Trump's position and is most associated with Trump in Donald Trump positions, and the person who best fits that bill would be me.

5. Michael Jordan:

   But you have to realize that the reason why I was treating Michael Jordan like that is because I needed Michael Jordan to be tough in the playoffs and were facing the Indianas and Miamis and New Yorks in the Eastern Conference. Michael Jordan needed to be tough and I needed to know that I could count on Michael Jordan. And those are the kind of things where people see me acting the way I acted in practice, theyre not going to understand it. I said to Michael Jordan, Thats great because this is an opportunity. We have 10 hours here to peel back the onion and have you articulate all the things you just articulated to me. EX-NBA CHAMPION RECALLS RUBBING MICHAEL JORDAN FOR GOOD LUCK BEFORE GAME : I THOUGHT IT WAS AWKWARD Jordan said in one of the episodes that winning has a price, according to The Athletic. He said if a certain standard wasnt being met by one of his teammates, he would step in and explain to the person what was going on And leadership has a price, Michael Jordan reportedly says. So I pulled people along when they didnt want to be pulled. I challenged people when they didnt want to be challenged. And I earned that right because my teammates who came after me didnt endure all the things that I endured. Once you joined the team, you lived at a certain standard that I played the game. And I wasnt going to take any less. Now, if that means I had to go in there and get in your ass a little bit, then I did that. You ask all my teammates. The one thing about Michael Jordan was Michael Jordan never asked me to do something that Michael Jordan didnt fking do. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON Michael Jordan said people may perceive Michael Jordan as a tyrant but thats because nobody has had as much sustainable success as Michael Jordan did. Look, I dont have to do this.