Meaning & use
uttered
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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