Utterer

ut·ter ¹  (tr)

tr.v. ut·tered, ut·ter·ing, ut·ters

1. To send forth with the voice: uttered a cry.

2. To articulate (words); pronounce or speak. See Synonyms at vent¹.

3. Law To put (counterfeit money, for example) into circulation.

4. To publish (a book, for example).

5. Obsolete To sell or deliver (merchandise) in trading.

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[Middle English utteren, partly from Middle Low German uteren (from uter, outer, comparative of t, out; see ud- in Indo-European roots) and alteration (influenced by utter, outer) of Middle English outen, to disclose (from out, out; see out).]

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utter·a·ble adj.

utter·er n.

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ut·ter ²  (tr)

adj.

Complete; absolute; entire: utter nonsense; utter darkness.

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[Middle English, from Old English tera, outer; see ud- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

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