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UTTERER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
Example:
an utterer of useful maxims
Synonyms:
speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("utterer" is a kind of...):
articulator (someone who pronounces words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "utterer"):
informant; witness; witnesser (someone who sees an event and reports what happened)
whisperer (one who speaks in a whisper)
wailer (a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries)
voicer (a speaker who voices an opinion)
vociferator (a loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest))
venter (a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance)
talking head (a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen)
stentor (a speaker with an unusually loud voice)
stammerer; stutterer (someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions)
native speaker (a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood)
reciter (someone who recites from memory)
ranter; raver (someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner)
prattler (someone who speaks in a childish way)
orator; public speaker; rhetorician; speechifier; speechmaker (a person who delivers a speech or oration)
narrator; storyteller; teller (someone who tells a story)
mumbler; murmurer; mutterer (a person who speaks softly and indistinctly)
motormouth (someone who talks incessantly)
mentioner (a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally)
lisper (a speaker who lisps)
lecturer (someone who lectures professionally)
asker; enquirer; inquirer; querier; questioner (someone who asks a question)
growler (a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl)
ejaculator (a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation)
driveller; jabberer (someone whose talk is trivial drivel)
drawler (someone who speaks with a drawl)
dictator (a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine)
conversationalist; conversationist; schmoozer (someone skilled at conversation)
babbler; chatterbox; chatterer; magpie; prater; spouter (an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker)
caller; caller-up; phoner; telephoner (the person initiating a telephone call)
alliterator (a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration)
Derivation:
utter (express in speech)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("utterer" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Derivation:
utter (put into circulation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An organism that can utter vocal sounds
Example:
is the giraffe a vocalizer?
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("utterer" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
Derivation:
utter (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
