UTTERER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does utterer mean? 

• UTTERER (noun)
  The noun UTTERER has 3 senses:

1. an organism that can utter vocal sounds

2. someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins

3. someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

  Familiarity information: UTTERER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTTERER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An organism that can utter vocal sounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

utterer; vocaliser; vocalizer

Context example:

is the giraffe a vocalizer?

Hypernyms ("utterer" is a kind of...):

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Derivation:

utter (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("utterer" is a kind of...):

beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

Derivation:

utter (put into circulation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer

Context example:

an utterer of useful maxims

Hypernyms ("utterer" is a kind of...):

articulator (someone who pronounces words)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "utterer"):

narrator; storyteller; teller (someone who tells a story)

informant; witness; witnesser (someone who sees an event and reports what happened)

whisperer (one who speaks in a whisper)

wailer (a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries)

voicer (a speaker who voices an opinion)

vociferator (a loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest))

venter (a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance)

talking head (a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen)

stentor (a speaker with an unusually loud voice)

stammerer; stutterer (someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions)

native speaker (a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood)

reciter (someone who recites from memory)

ranter; raver (someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner)

prattler (someone who speaks in a childish way)

orator; public speaker; rhetorician; speechifier; speechmaker (a person who delivers a speech or oration)

alliterator (a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration)

mumbler; murmurer; mutterer (a person who speaks softly and indistinctly)

motormouth (someone who talks incessantly)

mentioner (a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally)

lisper (a speaker who lisps)

lecturer (someone who lectures professionally)

asker; enquirer; inquirer; querier; questioner (someone who asks a question)

growler (a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl)

ejaculator (a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation)

driveller; jabberer (someone whose talk is trivial drivel)

drawler (someone who speaks with a drawl)

dictator (a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine)

conversationalist; conversationist; schmoozer (someone skilled at conversation)

babbler; chatterbox; chatterer; magpie; prater; spouter (an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker)

caller; caller-up; phoner; telephoner (the person initiating a telephone call)

Derivation:

utter (express in speech)