sound out

Questions about sound out

What does sound out mean?

sound out means "speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sound out?

Close synonyms include pronounce, articulate, enounce, enunciate, say. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sound out a common word?

sound out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.