Express
Express verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.
Usage example: could you express your opinion of the book in words a little more precise than “lousy”?
Word is a synonym for express in articulate topic. In some cases you can use "Word" instead a verb "Express", when it comes to topics like state, language, words.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| nice | nice express | nice word |
| original | original express | original word |
| single | single express | single word |
| real | real express | real word |
| Other adjectives: occasional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The Yaghan language, spoken in Tierra del Fuego, is able to express this in one word. Mamihlapinatapai.
Source: Twice Shy -
While he understands "gratitude" as a concept, Ledo's language has no dedicated word for "thank you", and finds the idea of an expression that exist just to express gratitude odd.
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Adam Hill frequently performs with a sign language interpreter and will often say things or get the audience to react in a certain way for the express purpose of getting the interpreter to sign a word or expression that is visually humorous/embarrassing.
Source: Fun with Subtitles
Cite this Source
Word and Express. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/express/word
Express & Word. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/express/word>.
Word or Express. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/express/word.
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