The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ORATE , but the solution may also be ELOCUTE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Declaim crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ORATE | 76 % | 5 |
| RANT | 13 % | 4 |
| ELOCUTE | 3 % | 7 |
| RECITE | 2 % | 6 |
| MOUTH | 2 % | 5 |
| GIVEASPEECH | 1 % | 11 |
| PERORATE | 1 % | 8 |
| SPOUT | 1 % | 5 |
| HARANGUE | 1 % | 8 |
Why may ELOCUTE be the right solution?
"ELOCUTE" is a synonym for "declaim," meaning to speak in a formal or theatrical manner. It fits the clue well in terms of meaning and length.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Declaim
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- recite
- rant
- orate
- speechify
- enunciate
- inveigh
- mutter
- sermonize
- mumble
- harangue
- paraphrase
- expound
Crossword Answer definitions
ORATE verb- To speak formally; to give a speech.
- To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.
- Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ORATE
- Address the crowd
- Emulate Bryan
- Emulate Isocrates
- Indulge in bombast
- Make like Cicero
- Mount the soapbox
- Speak out
- Give a valedictory
- Pontificate
- Ramble on
More clues leading to the result RANT
- Get hot under the collar
- Give a fire-and-brimstone sermon
- Rave
- Rave's partner
- Carry on
- Companion of rave
- Speak wildly
- Long lecture
- Babble on
- Deliver a diatribe
More clues leading to the result ELOCUTE
- Engage in oratory
- Speak well, facetiously
- Speak well in public
- Deliver an oratory
- Declaim
- Orate
- Speak in a way
- Pronounce
More clues leading to the result RECITE
- Enumerate
- Declaim
- Speak from memory
- Deliver by heart
- Utter from memory
- Perform at a poetry slam
- Rattle off
- Quote by rote
- Say by heart
- Narrate
More clues leading to the result MOUTH
- Roof location
- Talking point
- Where a river meets the ocean, say
- Form words silently
- Source of many words
- Word before wash or organ
- It may be open or shut
- The part of a gift horse you shouldn't inspect, it's said
- It's right under your nose
- Trap, so to speak
More clues leading to the result GIVEASPEECH
More clues leading to the result PERORATE
- Speak at length.
- Harangue.
- Speak at length
- Harangue
- Conclude a speech
- Declaim at length
- Declaim
- Give a long, grandiloquent speech
- Make a long, grandiloquent speech
More clues leading to the result SPOUT
- Most pitchers have one
- Extended arm in "I'm a Little Teapot"
- Pitcher part
- Tub part
- Whale telltale
- Be like a geyser
- Hold forth
- Gush
- Teapot feature
- Boast pompously