speak out

1. 1.

   express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

   “John spoke up at the meeting”

   Synonymsopinespeak upanimadvertsound off

   Broaderdeclare

   Narrowereditorialize

Questions about speak out

What does speak out mean?

speak out means "express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation".

What is another word for speak out?

Close synonyms include opine, speak up, animadvert, sound off. 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 speak out a common word?

speak 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.