English LanguageStart - Smart Words

These english synonyms and antonyms for all kind of language and speech related words has been arranged by categories. For each word (say, ask, call, ...) you will find about 10 to 40 synonyms. Antonyms are included in the sense, that the words consists mostly of pairs which have the opposite meaning.

Synonyms for Ask

ask • Meaning of these synonyms: To seek advice / To put a question to ...
• Example sentence: "He didn't ask us outright if we could leave; he merely insinuated, through his tone and his gesture, that it was time for us to go." (Source unknown)
beg beseech
catechize • Example sentence: The CIA agent was eternally catechizing the russian renegade on all kinds of security related subjects.
delve
demand
debrief • Example sentence: The authorities have started to debrief the new arrivals, who could make it to the coast.
entreat examine explore
grill inquire insist interrogate investigate
petition plead pled pray propose to
probe pry query question quiz
request spy suggest to

Synonyms for Answer

answer • Meaning of these synonyms: A spoken or written reply / Something intended to explain or resolve a problem.
• Example sentence: "The answer provoked a look of profound suspicion on Melony's restless countenance." (The Cider House Rules, John Irving)
quip react rebut rejoin
reply respond retort riposte sass
talk back write back

Synonyms for Say

say • Meaning of these synonyms: To utter aloud; pronounce / To express in words
• Example sentence: If forced to conjecture, I would say the volcano will erupt in 24 hours.
allege articulate assert avow
chorus contend enounce enunciate maintain
mouth profess pronounce speak sound
utter verbalize vocalize voice

Synonyms for Call

call • Meaning of these synonyms: To describe with a word or term / To give a name or title to
• Example sentence: When you walk into a room where a lot of people speak quietly, you call it murmur.
baptize brand christen denominate
denote designate dub entitle label
name nickname peg stamp tag
term title trademark

 

 


 

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