Whom are you speaking of?
Source: tatoeba (15907)
Speaking
//ˈspi.kɪŋ//
Synonyms for "speaking" (124 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (62)
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speech actspeech circuitspeech situationspeechcraftspeechificationspeechingspeechmakingstringstump speakingtalktalkativetalkingtelepathythe spoken wordto the lifetonguetonguedtouchtraffictrucktrue to lifetrue to naturetrue-speakingtwo-way communicationutteranceutterance stringverbalizationveridicalvocablevocalizationvoicewell-spokenwordword of mouthwordcraftwordsyakkety-yakyakking
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
3 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
9 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- تَحَدُّث noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- تَكَلُّم noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- كَلَام noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Belarusian
4 entries- гаварэ́нне noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- гаварэ́ньне noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- маўле́нне noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- маўле́ньне noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гово́рещ adj (having the ability of speech)
- на телефона intj (indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking)
- гово́рене noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- ра́зговор noun (the act of communicating vocally)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 口語 /口语 noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- 說 /说 noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- 講 /讲 noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Czech
1 entries- mluvení noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Finnish
2 entries- puhuva adj (having the ability of speech)
- puhetaito noun (ability to communicate vocally)
French
1 entries- parole noun (ability to communicate vocally)
German
4 entries- Rede adj (having the ability of speech)
- Sprach adj (used in speaking)
- Sprech adj (used in speaking)
- Sprech adj (having the ability of speech)
Hungarian
4 entries- beszéd adj (used in speaking)
- beszélő adj (having the ability of speech)
- én vagyok az intj (indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking)
- beszéd noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Indonesian
1 entries- berbicara noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Ingrian
2 entries- läkkäämiin noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- läkkäämisjutto noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Japanese
3 entries- スピーキング noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- 言葉 noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- 話すこと noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Korean
1 entries- 말하기 noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Macedonian
1 entries- зборување noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Malay
1 entries- bertutur noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Polish
4 entries- tu intj (indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking)
- tutaj intj (indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking)
- z tej strony intj (indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking)
- mówienie noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Russian
4 entries- говоря́щий adj (having the ability of speech)
- выступле́ние noun (an oral recitation)
- говоре́ние noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- разгово́р noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Slovak
1 entries- hovorenie noun (ability to communicate vocally)
Spanish
4 entries- fabla (disused) noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- fabla (disused) noun (the act of communicating vocally)
- habla noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- habla noun (the act of communicating vocally)
Ukrainian
3 entries- говорі́ння noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- мо́влення noun (ability to communicate vocally)
- розмо́ва noun (the act of communicating vocally)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
You will soon get used to speaking in public.
Source: tatoeba (15966)
A blonde is speaking to her psychiatrist.
Source: tatoeba (18494)
Speaking of Kyoto, have you ever visited the Kinkakuji Temple?
Source: tatoeba (19328)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.