utter

Meaning

Adj

1. To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
2. (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.
3. Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.
4. (obsolete, poetic) Further out than another thing; being the exterior or outer part of something; outer, outward; also, extremely remote.
5. (obsolete, rare) Preceding all others; original.
6. (obsolete, rare) Succeeding all others; final, last, ultimate.

Noun

The thing which is most utter (adjective sense) or extreme.

Verb

1. (transitive) Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
2. (transitive) Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
3. (reflexive, transitive) Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
4. (figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
5. (obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
6. (also, obsolete, reflexive, transitive) Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
7. (also, obsolete, reflexive, transitive) Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
8. (intransitive) Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
9. (intransitive) Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
10. (archaic, rare, transitive) Senses relating to issuing something.
11. (transitive) Senses relating to issuing something.
12. (figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to issuing something.
13. (obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to issuing something.
14. (obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to issuing something.
15. (obsolete, rare, transitive) Senses relating to issuing something.
16. (obsolete, rare, transitive) Senses relating to issuing something.
17. (dialectal, transitive) Senses relating to issuing something.
18. (intransitive, obsolete) Senses relating to issuing something.

Adv

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Further apart, away, or out; outside, without.
2. (not-comparable, obsolete) To an extreme extent; altogether, quite.

Opposite of

inner

Synonyms

say

🗣️

speak

🗣️

express

pronounce

tell

absolute

complete

talk

🗣️

sheer

voice

articulate

downright

perfect

vocalize

arrant

mention

state

pure

verbalize

enunciate

mouth

verbalise

dead

💀

emit

drive out

declare

total

double-dyed

quite

put forward

vent

produce

thorough

thoroughgoing

extreme

converse

consummate

announce

speak out

draw out

staring

gross

sound

🔉

repeat

🔁

let out

unleash

chat

chant

put out

rank

Translations

completo

uiten

ausstoßen

pronunciar

dizer

🗣️

falar

🗣️

uitbrengen

decir

🗣️

pronunciar

sagen

🗣️

pronunciare

dire

proferire

απόλυτος

αρθρώνω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌtə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: utter

Inherited from Old English: ūtera

In summary

PIE word
*úd
The adjective is derived from Middle English outre, utter, uttre (“situated on the outside of, exterior, external, outer; more advanced, further; farthest, outermost; complete, utter; of a person: inferior; not mental or spiritual, bodily, physical”), from Old English ūtera (“exterior, outer”, literally “more out”), the comparative form of ūt (“out”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“away; out, outward; upwards”). Piecewise doublet of outer.
The noun is derived from the adjective.