'speak for' definitions:
Definition of 'speak for'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be a spokesperson for; "He represents the Government's position"
Synonyms of 'speak for'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act for,
- advocate,
- allege in support,
- answer,
- answer for,
- appear for,
- argue for,
- assert,
- back up,
- champion,
- commission,
- contend for,
- counter,
- defend,
- deputize,
- espouse,
- front for,
- maintain,
- make a plea,
- pinch-hit for,
- plead for,
- rebut,
- refute,
- reply,
- represent,
- respond,
- riposte,
- say in defense,
- speak up for,
- stand in for,
- stand up for,
- stick up for,
- substitute for,
- support,
- sustain,
- understudy,
- uphold,
- urge reasons for
Words containing 'speak for'
- Speak,
- Speaking,
- To speak of,
- To speak out,
- To speak with,
- so to speak,
- speak for itself,
- speak out,
- speak to,
- speak up,
- speak up for,
- speaking of,
- A speaking acquaintance,
- Evil speaking,
- Plain speaking,
- Speaking trumpet,
- Speaking tube,
- To be on speaking terms,
- To speak a ship,
- To speak by the book,
- To speak by the card,
- To speak daggers,
- To speak fair,
- To speak for Buncombe,
- To speak well for,
- broadly speaking,
- manner of speaking,
- properly speaking,
- public speaking,
- speak in tongues,
- speak of the devil,
- strictly speaking,
- English-speaking,
- French-speaking,
- German-speaking,
- Home-speaking,
- bantu-speaking,
- flemish-speaking,
- gaelic-speaking,
- icelandic-speaking,
- italian-speaking,
- japanese-speaking,
- kannada-speaking,
- livonian-speaking,
- oscan-speaking,
- russian-speaking,
- samoyedic-speaking,
- semitic-speaking,
- siouan-speaking,
- spanish-speaking,
- turkic-speaking,
- finno-ugric-speaking