Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb speak_in_tongues

1 sense of speak in tongues

Sense 1
speak in tongues -- (speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy; "The parishioners spoke in tongues")
       => talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")