verbalize

Verb

• be verbose
  • "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"
• express in speech
  • "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
• articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
• convert into a verb
  • "many English nouns have become verbalized"
• To speak or to use words to express.
• To adapt (a word of another part of speech) as a verb.

Examples

• Bill became tongue-tied and could not verbalize his thoughts in the presence of the girl he had a crush on.

Synonyms

express, give tongue to, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise

Related Words

adjectify, adjective, adjectivise, adjectivize, adverb, adverbialise, adverbialize, adverbify, adverbize, nominalise, nominalize, noun, nounify, substantify, substantive, substantivise, substantivize, verb, verbalise, verbalize, verbify