# actions speak louder than words

Pronunciation: US say "AK-shuhnz speek LOW-dur than wurdz" /ˈæk.ʃənz spik ˈlaʊ̯d.əɹ ˌðæn wɜɹdz/; say "AK-shuhnz speek LOW-duh than wurdz" UK /ˈak.ʃənz spiːk ˈlaʊ̯d.ə ˌðan wɜːdz/, AUS /ˈæk.ʃənz spiːk ˈlæɔ̯d.ə ˌðæn wɜːdz/

## Idiom

1. A person's actions reveal their true feelings more reliably than their spoken claims do.
   - Simple: What a person does shows how they really feel better than what they say.
   - _Politicians promise change every election, but actions speak louder than words once the budget is finally set._
   - _She never declared her loyalty aloud; she simply stayed, proving that actions speak louder than words._
2. Acting directly achieves more than merely talking about taking action.
   - Simple: Doing something works better than only talking about doing it.
   - _The committee spent months drafting statements, but actions speak louder than words, so they finally launched the program._
   - _Quit rehearsing your speech about reform and implement it: actions speak louder than words._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/actions-speak-louder-than-words (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).