Definition for Speaking:

• Used for speaking with; lifelike; slightly intimate.

Synonyms for Speaking:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • speaking.

• n.

  •articulate (noun)
  • articulate.
  •articulation (noun)
  • sayings,
  • talkings,
  • saying,
  • speakings.
  •communication (noun)
  • speech production.
  •discourse (noun)
  • thesis,
  • Sermons,
  • memoir,
  • gabfests,
  • gabfest,
  • Tractate.
  •expression (noun)
  • ex planations,
  • ex-position,
  • ex-positions,
  • re marks,
  • choice words,
  • choice of word,
  • re mark,
  • turn phrase,
  • re-marks,
  • set phrases,
  • ex planation,
  • ex-planations.
  •mumbling (noun)
  • mumbling.
  •muttering (noun)
  • muttering.
  •oratory (noun)
  • speechifyings,
  • speechmakings.
  •public speaking (noun)
  • tub-thumping,
  • stump oratory.
  •recitation (noun)
  • discoursings,
  • re citations,
  • dis-coursings,
  • dis coursings,
  • dis-coursing,
  • re-counting,
  • re counting,
  • soliloquizings,
  • dis coursing,
  • recountings,
  • holding forths,
  • re-citation,
  • de-claiming,
  • declaimings,
  • de claiming,
  • re-citations,
  • re citation,
  • narratings.
  •speaking (noun)
  • talking.
  •speech (noun)
  • chat,
  • voice,
  • prattle,
  • dialog,
  • circumlocution,
  • locution,
  • debate,
  • jabbering,
  • spoken word,
  • allocution,
  • remark,
  • dialect,
  • oral communication,
  • babbling,
  • oration,
  • elocution,
  • chattering,
  • report,
  • chitchat,
  • patter,
  • discussion.

• v.

  •speaking (verb)
  • Debating,
  • vocalizing,
  • lecturing,
  • orating,
  • preaching,
  • prattling,
  • gabbing,
  • tattling,
  • Discussing,
  • chitchatting,
  • Remarking,
  • Pattering,
  • Reciting.
  •voicing (verb)
  • murmuring,
  • moaning,
  • crying,
  • Pronouncing,
  • exclaiming,
  • emitting,
  • Uttering,
  • groaning,
  • voicing,
  • Intoning,
  • Enunciating,
  • whispering,
  • Articulating.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • communication.
  •Other relevant words:
  • busy,
  • faithful,
  • expression,
  • enunciation,
  • dissertation,
  • talkative,
  • enthusiastic,
  • accost,
  • exclamation,
  • answer,
  • deliver,
  • jolly,
  • divulge,
  • rhetorical,
  • lively,
  • denote,
  • word,
  • verbal communication,
  • yakking,
  • declare,
  • disputation,
  • information,
  • clarify,
  • agile,
  • public speaking,
  • lecture,
  • conversation,
  • keen,
  • words,
  • anxious,
  • interaction,
  • advertise,
  • nervous,
  • oratory,
  • sprightly,
  • say,
  • communion,
  • disquisition,
  • Plain-spoken,
  • susurration,
  • contact,
  • explain,
  • garrulous,
  • assay,
  • depict,
  • image,
  • palaver,
  • telepathy,
  • realistic,
  • phonation,
  • rapping,
  • string,
  • declamation,
  • dealing,
  • accent,
  • sermon,
  • interchange,
  • voluble,
  • harangue,
  • pyrotechnics,
  • acknowledge,
  • vocalizations,
  • intercommunication,
  • parole,
  • dialogue,
  • loquacious,
  • demonstrate,
  • delivery,
  • voiced,
  • reply,
  • speech pattern,
  • interruption,
  • traffic,
  • speak,
  • living,
  • wordcraft,
  • tongue,
  • lifelike,
  • chatter,
  • spoke,
  • singing,
  • truck,
  • public debate,
  • diction,
  • veridical,
  • chatty,
  • gab,
  • response,
  • designate,
  • converse,
  • dictate,
  • breathing,
  • speak to,
  • Speeching,
  • soft-spoken,
  • verbalization,
  • tongued,
  • fresh,
  • confess,
  • silver-tongued,
  • spoken language,
  • comment,
  • well-spoken,
  • speech act,
  • speechcraft,
  • connection,
  • excitable,
  • Demagogism,
  • speake,
  • enunciate,
  • interplay,
  • energetic,
  • natural,
  • easy,
  • vocable,
  • demagoguery,
  • speech-endowed,
  • intercourse,
  • congress,
  • correspondence,
  • Parol,
  • free-spoken,
  • touch,
  • plain-speaking,
  • choral,
  • forensics,
  • talky,
  • message,
  • convey,
  • commerce,
  • yakkety-yak,
  • Speechification,
  • dealings,
  • recital,
  • exchange,
  • emit,
  • rabble-rousing,
  • gay,
  • homiletics,
  • jovial,
  • spoken,
  • reading,
  • intercommunion,
  • oral presentation,
  • describe,
  • expressive,
  • accents,
  • dialectical,
  • rhetoric,
  • outspoken,
  • certify.

Paraphrases for Speaking:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    remarks, tells, points, stresses.
  • Noun, plural
    speeches, conversations, contacts, calls.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Termini, discuss, speakers, intervention, interventions, calling, mention, say, taking.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    masterspeaking, statements, representatives, recallingtaking, says, communicating, asking, Explaining, Pronouncing, Conversing, Presenting, demonstrating, Adding, representing, Advocating, interpreting, issuing, Specifying, Describing, voicing, Voices, Debating, passing, Manipulating, operating, reporting, writing, Considering, Declaring, Responding, assuming, Delivering, Consulting, implementing, attending, mistaking, Initiating, arranging, tackling, reading, Originating, Conferring, arguing, undertaking, raising, appearing, Indicating, exercising, seeking, Suggesting, rising, precisely, spilling, Elaborating, Establishing, interfering, Arising, arriving, broadcasting, conveying, sitting, keeping, Herself, concluding, recalling, happening, Adopting, meddling, Forgetting, Facilitating, Enacting, Relating, Introducing, Placing, defending, Instituting, Formulating, conducting, contributing, clarified, reacting, reflecting, Replying, Realizing, targeting, Citing, Alleging, looking, Chatting, Outlining, demanding, Commencing, critical, sending, Enjoying, seeing, Involving, Providing, deciding, reality, Stepping, information, Commenting, Attempting, protecting, shipping, seizing, Mentioning, becoming, reminding, plan, Receiving, beginning, coming, standing, Submitting, Evoking, affecting, touching, Applying, highlighting, paying, advancing, rebuilding, featuring, Gaining, holding, Granting, approaching, Carrying, eating, giving, offending, Maintaining, judging, Noting, notes, reaching, Containing, upholding, Stating, attacking, pointing, turning, reforming, wishing, Having, exiting, dealing, imposing, betting, ruling, moving, freezing, feeling, owing, working, playing, usually, Into, remaining, total, Totaling, Totalling, shooting, uk, covering, party, limiting, drawing, using, inhibiting, showing, contacting, focusing, Amounting, During, putting, Occurring, catching, heading, opening, according, Allowing, returning, accounting, Relying, bringing, serving, Robbing, Utilizing, causing, going, wanting, controlling, servicing, building, meeting, thinking, name, names, Forming, trying, co, getting, D, Doing, DO, calling, taking.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    says, recognizes, includes, wishes.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    speaks, spoke.
  • Noun, plural
    discussions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    intervening, conversation, floor, spokesman, oratory, spoke, presentations.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Addressing, participating, Discussing, emphasizing, engaging, declaration, Referring, ordering, Extending, intervention, intervening.

Antonyms for Speaking:

• adj.

  • all
    nonspeaking.
  • talking
    written.

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    speechlessness, taciturnity, silence, walk-on, hush, stillness.

Speaking Sentence Examples:

• Speaking of which - if we're going to keep this up, you better get some of those thingies.

• " We didn't know he was in here, and when he began talking I thought it was one of the boys or girls speaking out of turn.

Homophones for Speaking:

• sheepshank, suspiciousness, suboceanic, sphagnum moss, spacing, spikemoss, spaciousness, spike moss, sufficiency, savageness, subsequence, speciousness, subconscious, sheepishness, subgenus, spike mike, shevchenko, subsonic, show business, subjoining, spiciness.

Hypernym for Speaking:

• n.

  • communication
    voicelessness, whisper, whispering, susurration, speech.

Hyponym for Speaking:

• n.

  • communication
    vocalization, utterance.