Meaning & use

Enunciator

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A person who pronounces or articulates words clearly and distinctly.

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The debate coach praised him as a precise enunciator, never letting a word slur.

Radio announcers are trained to be careful enunciators so listeners catch every word.

A note on using this word

Enunciator is built from 'enunciate,' from Latin enuntiare, 'to announce clearly'; it is easily confused with the unrelated 'annunciator,' the term for an electrical indicator panel.

Words with a similar meaning

announcerspeaker

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Words with an opposite meaning

mumbler

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