spoken

/ˈspoʊkən/

/ˈspʌʊkɛn/

Anything that's spoken is said out loud. "Spoken word" is a genre of poetry that is meant to be recited and performed in front of an audience.

Spoken is the past participle of the verb speak, but it's also an adjective that describes things that are uttered or said or articulated or voiced. It's often used in combination with another adjective, like a soft-spoken friend or a blunt-spoken teacher. It can also distinguish one thing from a written version: "I'm taking a spoken exam instead of a written one, so I should do fine."

Definitions of spoken

1. adjective

   uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
   “a spoken message”

   “the spoken language”

   “a soft-spoken person”

   “sharp-spoken”

   synonyms:

   articulate

   expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language

   expressed, uttered, verbalised, verbalized

   communicated in words

   oral, unwritten

   using speech rather than writing

   verbal

   expressed in spoken words

   viva-voce, word-of-mouth

   expressed orally

   antonyms:

   written

   set down in writing in any of various ways

   scripted, written

   written as for a film or play or broadcast

   backhand, left-slanting

   (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward

   cursive

   having successive letter joined together

   engrossed

   written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document

   graphic, graphical, in writing

   written or drawn or engraved

   handwritten

   written by hand

   holographic

   written wholly in the handwriting of the signer

   inscribed

   written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface

   longhand

   having words written out in full by hand

   scrivened

   copied in handwriting

   shorthand

   written in abbreviated or symbolic form