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 |
