How do you pronounce "pronounce"?
Source: tatoeba (2078)
Pronounce
/pɹəˈnaʊns/
Synonyms for "pronounce" (186 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (55)
Related words (93)
judgelay downlet outlipmaintainmake a statementmake an announcementmake knownmandatemanifestomouthordainorderorder aboutout withpasspass judgmentpass sentencephonatephrase
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pour forthpredicatepresentproclaimprofesspromulgatepronounce judgmentpronounce onprotestpublicizepublishpublish a manifestoputput forthput in wordsput itput outraisereportreturn a verdictrulesaysay the wordsentenceset downset forthsoundspeakspeak outspeak upspreadstand forstand onstatesubmittellthrow offutterutter a judgmentventverbalizevocalizevoicewhisperword
Verb(14 words)
Noun(12 words)
letter soundmouthsreading skillsspanish articularspanish proferirspeaking abilityspekestate artutteringverbalizingvocalizingvoice category
Adjective(2 words)
speaking-skills orientedverbal messages
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: articulate, enunciate, accents, act on, adjudge.
- Sentence evidence is available for pronounce, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse, moby, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "pronounce".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "pronounce"
Keep "pronounce" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "pronounce" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "pronounce", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "pronounce" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
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Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 69 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- shqiptoj verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Arabic
2 entries- لَفَظَ verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- نَطَقَ verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Armenian
1 entries- արտասանել verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tələffüz etmək verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Belarusian
2 entries- вы́мавіць verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- вымаўля́ць verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Bengali
1 entries- উচ্চারণ করা verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Bulgarian
3 entries- заявя́вам verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
- произна́сям verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- произнеса́ verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Burmese
1 entries- ပြောဆိုသည် verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- вы́словити verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Catalan
1 entries- pronunciar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Chinese
1 entries- 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Czech
3 entries- prohlásit verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
- vyslovit verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- vyslovovat verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Danish
2 entries- erklære verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
- udtale verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Dari
1 entries- تَلَفُّظ کَرْدَن verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Dutch
2 entries- uitspreken verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- zich zich uitspreken verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Esperanto
2 entries- elparoli verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- prononci verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Estonian
1 entries- hääldama verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Finnish
3 entries- julistaa verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
- lausua verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- ääntää verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
French
1 entries- prononcer verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Galician
1 entries- pronunciar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
German
2 entries- aussprechen verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- pronunzieren verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Greek
1 entries- προφέρω verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Hebrew
1 entries- ביטא \ בִּטֵּא verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Hindi
2 entries- उच्चारण करना verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- सुनाना verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Hungarian
4 entries- ejt verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- kiejt verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- kimond verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- nyilvánít verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
Icelandic
1 entries- bera fram verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Ido
1 entries- pronuncar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- تَلَفُّظ کَرْدَن verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Irish
1 entries- fuaimnigh verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Italian
2 entries- pronunciare verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- pronunziare verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Japanese
1 entries- 発音する verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Kazakh
2 entries- айту verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- сөйлеу verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Khmer
2 entries- ហុច verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- អាន verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Korean
1 entries- 발음하다 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- айтуу verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Lao
1 entries- ອອກສຽງ verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Latvian
1 entries- izrunāt verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ištarti verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Macedonian
2 entries- изговара verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- изговори verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Mongolian
2 entries- дуудах verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- хэлэх verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uttale verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- uttala verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Polish
2 entries- wymawiać verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- wymówić verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Portuguese
1 entries- pronunciar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Romanian
1 entries- pronunța verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Russian
4 entries- объяви́ть verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
- объявля́ть verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
- провозгла́шать verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
- провозгласи́ть verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fuaimnich verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- izgovárati verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- izgovòriti verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- изгова́рати verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- изгово̀рити verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Slovak
2 entries- vysloviť verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- vyslovovať verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Slovene
2 entries- izgovarjati verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- izgovoriti verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Spanish
1 entries- pronunciar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Swedish
2 entries- förklara verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
- uttala verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Tajik
2 entries- талаффуз кардан verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- талаффус кардан verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Thai
1 entries- ออกเสียง verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Turkish
1 entries- telâffuz etmek verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ви́мовити verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
- вимовля́ти verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Urdu
1 entries- تَلَفُّظ کَرْنا verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Uyghur
1 entries- تەلپپۇز قىلماق verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Uzbek
1 entries- talaffuz qilmoq verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Venetan
1 entries- parnonciar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phát âm verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Walloon
1 entries- prononcî verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַרויסרעדן verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Zulu
1 entries- -phimisa verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
I pronounce this a perfect dinner.
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It is difficult for me to pronounce the word.
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I'm not sure how to pronounce the word.
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Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "pronounce"?
Closest matches include articulate, enunciate, accents, act on, adjudge.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "pronounce"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.