Word Study
utter
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Outer. Chapman. [1913 Webster]"As doth an hidden moth
The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch." [1913 Webster] - Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer. [1913 Webster]"Through utter and through middle darkness borne." [1913 Webster]"The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five miles from Sandwich." [1913 Webster]
- Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness. [1913 Webster]"They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind." [1913 Webster]
- Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial. Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
utter, v. t. [OE. outren, freq. of outen to utter, put out, AS. to put out, eject, fr. out. Out, and cf. Utter, a. ].
- To put forth or out; to reach out. [1913 Webster]"How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud,
And utter his tender head." [1913 Webster] - To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [1913 Webster]"Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law
Is death to any he that utters them." [1913 Webster]"They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish." [1913 Webster] - hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes. [1913 Webster]"The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or utter this fatal coin." [1913 Webster]
- To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce. Milton. [1913 Webster]"The words I utter
Let none think flattery, for they 'll find 'em truth." [1913 Webster]"And the last words he uttered called me cruel." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To deliver; give forth; issue; liberate; discharge; pronounce. See Deliver.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
utter, attrib.adj. complete, total, absolute (utter misery; saw the utter absurdity of it).
Derivative
utterly adv. utterness n.
utter, v.tr.
1 emit audibly (uttered a startled cry).
2 express in spoken or written words.
3 Law put (esp. forged money) into circulation.
1 emit audibly (uttered a startled cry).
2 express in spoken or written words.
3 Law put (esp. forged money) into circulation.
Derivative
utterable adj. utterer n.
Etymology
ME f. MDu. uteren make known, assim. to UTTER(1)
THESAURUS
utter
absolute, admitting no exception, air, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, arrant, articulate, bestrew, born, break it to, break the news, breathe, broad-based, broadcast, categorical, chime, chorus, circulate, circumfuse, classical, clean, clear, coin, come out with, communicate, complete, comprehensive, conclusive, confide, confide to, congenital, consummate, convey, counterfeit, crass, deal out, decided, decisive, deep-dyed, definite, definitive, deliver, demonetize, determinate, devaluate, devalue, diffract, diffuse, disclose, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, divulgate, divulge, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, emit, entire, enunciate, evulgate, exhaustive, explicit, express, fan out, final, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out, fling off, forge, formulate, full, give, give expression, give out, give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give vent to, give voice, glaring, global, gross, impart, implicit, inappealable, indisputable, intact, integral, intensive, intolerable, issue, let get around, let in on, let out, lip, make known, mint, omnibus, omnipresent, out with, out-and-out, outright, overscatter, oversow, overspread, peremptory, perfect, pervasive, phonate, phrase, plain, plumb, positive, pour forth, precious, present, profound, pronounce, pronounced, propagate, proper, publish, pure, put forth, put in words, radiate, radical, raise, rank, regular, reissue, remonetize, retail, revalue, reveal, round, say, scatter, set forth, shattering, sheer, shocking, shove the queer, sound, sow, sow broadcast, splay, spread, spread out, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, strew, superlative, surpassing, sweeping, tell, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, throw off, total, ubiquitous, unbearable, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable, undeniable, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, universal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled, unwaivable, vent, ventilate, verbalize, veritable, vocalize, voice, whisper, whole, wholesale, without exception, without reserve, wordROGET THESAURUS
utter
Voice
VB utter, breathe, give utterance, give tongue, cry, ejaculate, rap out, vocalize, prolate, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth, whisper in the ear.Speech
VB speak of, say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to, utter forth, pour forth, breathe, let fall, come out with, rap out, blurt out have on one's lips, have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue, break silence, open one's lips, open one's mouth, lift one's voice, raise one's voice, give the tongue, wag the tongue, talk, outspeak, put in a word or two, hold forth, make a speech, deliver a speech, speechify, harangue, declaim, stump, flourish, recite, lecture, sermonize, discourse, be on one's legs, have one's say, say one's say, spout, rant, rave, vent one's fury, vent one's rage, expatiate, speak one's mind, go on the stump, take the stump, soliloquize, tell, speak to, talk together, be eloquent, have a tongue in one's head, have the gift of the gab, pass one's lips, escape one's lips, fall from the lips, fall from the mouth.Greatness
N greatness, magnitude, size, multitude, immensity, enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass, heap, stock, peck, bushel, load, cargo, cartload, wagonload, shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass, great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par, big, huge, Herculean, cyclopean, ample, abundant, full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith, world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive, wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty, sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone, arrant, downright, utter, uttermost, crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate, rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate, glaring, flagrant, stark staring, thorough-paced, thoroughgoing, roaring, thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme, inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown, towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous, undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy, renowned, truly, decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole, scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds, incalculably, infinitely, preeminently, superlatively, immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously, peculiarly, furiously, severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly, a maximis ad minima, greatness knows itself, mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed, minimum decet libere cui multum licet, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.Dispersion
VB disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute, apportion, blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off, strew, straw, strow, ted, spirtle, cast, sprinkle, issue, deal out, retail, utter, resperse, intersperse, set abroach, circumfuse, turn adrift, cast adrift, scatter to the winds, spread like wildfire, disperse themselves.Money
VB amount to, come to, mount up to, touch the pocket, draw, draw upon, indorse, issue, utter, discount, back, demonetize, remonetize, fiscalize, monetize, circulate, be in circulation, be out of circulation, mint (coins), coin, print (paper currency), inflate, deflate, debase, devalue, revalue, circulate, put in circulation, withdraw from circulation, exchange currencies, change money, charge interest, pay interest, lose interest.Disclosure
VB disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain, unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel, take off the seal, break the seal, lay open, lay bare, expose, open, open up, bare, bring to light, divulge, reveal, break, squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch, let into the secret, reveal the secrets of the prison house, tell, breathe, utter, blab, peach, let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, betray, tell tales, come out of school, come out with, give vent, give utterance to, open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about, speak out, make public, unriddle, split, acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast, show one's hand, show one's cards, unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart, open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind, unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment, say the truth, speak the truth, turn King's evidence, Queen's evidence, acknowledge the corn, raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask, expose, lay open, undeceive, unbeguile, disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of, d_esillusionner, be disclosed, transpire, come to light, come in sight, become known, escape the lips, come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out, show its face, show its colors, discover itself, break through the clouds, flash on the mind.Publication
VB publish, make public, make known, speak of, talk of, broach, utter, put forward, circulate, propagate, promulgate, spread, spread abroad, rumor, diffuse, disseminate, evulugate, put forth, give forth, send forth, emit, edit, get out, issue, bring before the public, lay before the public, drag before the public, give out, give to the world, put about, bandy about, hawk about, buzz about, whisper about, bruit about, blaze about, drag into the open day, voice, proclaim, herald, blazon, blaze abroad, noise abroad, sound a trumpet, trumpet forth, thunder forth, give tongue, announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets, proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at Charing Cross, advertise, placard, post, post up afficher, publish in the Gazette, send round the crier, raise a cry, raise a hue and cry, raise a report, set news afloat, be published, be public, become public, come out, go about, fly about, buzz about, blow about, get about, get abroad, get afloat, get wind, find vent, see the light, go forth, take air, acquire currency, pass current, go the rounds, go the round of the newspapers, go through the length and breadth of the land, virum volitare per ora, pass from mouth to mouth, spread, run like wildfire, spread like wildfire.For further exploring for "utter" in Webster Dictionary Online
