articulator

Other forms: articulators

Definitions of articulator

1. noun

   a movable speech organ
   types:

   jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla

   the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

   clapper, glossa, lingua, tongue

   a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

   lip

   either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

   overlip

   the upper lip

   underlip

   the lower lip

   lantern jaw

   a long thin lower jaw

   type of:

   organ of speech, speech organ, vocal organ

   any of the organs involved in speech production
2. noun

   someone who pronounces words
   types:

   speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer

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

   subvocaliser, subvocalizer

   someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds

   alliterator

   a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration

   caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner

   the person initiating a telephone call

   babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter

   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

   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

   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

   informant, witness, witnesser

   someone who sees an event and reports what happened

   type of:

   communicator

   a person who communicates with others