Home › Words › L › lipreaderlipreaderlipreader means someone who is able to determine a person's speech by observing the motion of their lips.EtymologyFrom lip + reader.nounSomeone who is able to determine a person's speech by observing the motion of their lips.A person who lipreads, or encourages others to do so.e.g.“Where is Bubba? Where's our leader? Where's our favorite lipreader?” — 2008, Tom Paxton, “George W. Told the Nation”, in Farewell to the Thief!:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.lipread 87% match — To determine a person's speech by watching the movement of their lips. vs lipreader →lisper 59% match — One who has a lisp. vs lipreader →prelector 53% match — Someone who reads lectures or discourses; a lecturer. vs lipreader →lapper 52% match — One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue. vs lipreader →decipherer 52% match — A person or function that deciphers. vs lipreader →lippy 52% match — Having prominent lips. vs lipreader →dentiloquist 51% match — Someone who speaks through clenched teeth. vs lipreader →chirologist 51% match — One who engages in palm reading. vs lipreader →