Meaning & use

uttered

verb·Academic

Said or spoken aloud, especially a sound, word, or statement.

See it in a sentence

She uttered a quiet apology before slipping out of the meeting room.

Not a single word was uttered during the long, tense car ride home.

A note on using this word

Uttered is fairly formal or literary; in everyday speech people more often just say someone said something.

Words with a similar meaning

spokevoiced

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Words with an opposite meaning

silenced

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