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Dictionary Entries (11 more entries. View all »)
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ut·ter2    Audio Help   [uht-er] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.complete; total; absolute: her utter abandonment to grief.
2.unconditional; unqualified: an utter denial.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE uttra, ūtera outer. See out, -er4]

—Related forms
ut·ter·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. See absolute.
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ut·ter1    Audio Help   [uht-er] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce: unable to utter her feelings; Words were uttered in my hearing.
2.to give forth (cries, notes, etc.) with the voice: to utter a sigh.
3.Phonetics. to produce (speech sounds, speechlike sounds, syllables, words, etc.) audibly, with or without reference to formal language.
4.to express (oneself or itself), esp. in words.
5.to give forth (a sound) otherwise than with the voice: The engine uttered a shriek.
6.to express by written or printed words.
7.to make publicly known; publish: to utter a libel.
8.to put into circulation, as coins, notes, and esp. counterfeit money or forged checks.
9.to expel; emit.
10.Obsolete. to publish, as a book.
11.Obsolete. to sell.
–verb (used without object)
12.to employ the faculty of speech; use the voice to talk, make sounds, etc.: His piety prevented him from uttering on religion.
13.to sustain utterance; undergo speaking: Those ideas are so dishonest they will not utter.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME outren (see out, -er6); c. G äussern to declare]

—Related forms
ut·ter·a·ble, adjective
ut·ter·er, noun
ut·ter·less, adjective
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Thesaurus Entries (3 more entries. View all »)
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  utter
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Completely such, without qualification or exception.
Synonyms:  absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  utter
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  absolute, arrant, complete, consummate, effable, incarnate, peremptory, pluperfect, rank, sheer, unqualified, unspeakable, uttermost
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  utter
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  arrant, articulation, descant, expression, observation, utterance
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

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