the words and system people use to speak or write to each other
- Similar:
- tongue
Foundation level · Year 4 · free
communicate
verb
to share ideas or news with other people
She communicated her idea clearly.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- talk
- share
- tell
- connect
- speak
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- Can you communicate with sign language?
- They communicated through letters.
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More speaking & sounds words
making little or no noise
- Similar:
- silent
- Opposite:
- boisterous
a short, high-pitched sound
- Similar:
- squeal
to put forward an idea or plan for others to consider
- Similar:
- propose
- Opposite:
- command
showing that you think someone has done something wrong
- Similar:
- blaming
- Opposite:
- admiring
sharp and bitter in the way someone speaks
- Similar:
- bitter
- Opposite:
- gentle
to speak up in support of an idea or cause
- Similar:
- supporter
- Opposite:
- adversary
a statement that something is true, or a confident positive statement
- Similar:
- confirmation
- Opposite:
- contradiction