speak up

1. 1.

   express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

   “John spoke up at the meeting”

   Synonymsopinespeak outanimadvertsound off

   Broaderdeclare

   Narrowereditorialize
2. 2.

   speak louder; raise one's voice

   “The audience asked the lecturer to please speak up”

   Broadertalk

Questions about speak up

What does speak up mean?

speak up means "express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for speak up?

Close synonyms include opine, speak out, 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 up a common word?

speak up 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.