List of 220 Speaking Verbs
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In search of ways to describe somebody speaking so you don't use "said" all the time? Check out this list of verbs of speaking. Here you'll find helpful words, terms and phrases.
add | continue | lie | scream (shriek) |
admit | convey | maintain | screech |
address | coo | mention | shout |
advise | correct | mislead | shriek |
agree | couch | moan | sigh |
analyze | cough | mouth | simper |
announce | critique | mumble | sing |
answer | crow | mumble (murmur) | slur |
appeal | cry | murmur | snap |
argue | decide | mutter | snarl |
articulate | declare | nag | snicker |
ask | delineate | narrate | sniff |
assure | demand | note | snigger |
babble | deny | object | snivel |
bark | describe | observe | sob |
bawl | disagree | offer | speak |
beg | drawl | order | spit |
begin | drone | outline | spout |
bellow | enquire | pant | sputter |
bemoan | entreat | parrot | squawk |
blabber | exclaim | persuade | squeak |
blather | expand | pester | squeal |
bleat | explain | petition | stammer |
blubber | express | plead | state |
bluff | falter | prattle | stutter |
blurt | forward | preach | submit |
bluster | fuss | proclaim | suggest |
boast | giggle | profess | summarize |
brag | goad | proffer | summon |
breathe | groan | promise | surmise |
cackle | growl | pronounce | table |
call | grumble | purr | tattle |
challenge | grunt | query | taunt |
chant | guess | question | tease |
chatter | hint | quote | tell |
check | hiss | ramble | trill |
cheer | holler | rant | |
chime | hoot | rebuff | upbraid |
chirp | howl | recommend | urge |
chirrup | hum | recount | vocalize |
chortle | illustrate | refuse | vociferate |
chuckle | implore | rejoin | voice |
claim | inform | remonstrate | wail |
clarify | insist | repeat | warble |
cluck | interject | reply | warn |
coax | interrupt | report | weep |
comment | intimate | request | whimper |
complain | intone | respond | whine |
complain (grumble) | jabber | retort | whisper |
concede | jibber | reveal | whistle |
conclude | joke | roar | wonder |
confess | judge | sass | yammer |
confide | laud | say | yap |
confirm | laugh | scold | yell |
consent | lecture | scream | yelp |