Related Words for saying

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WordSyllablesCategories
expression
x/x
Noun, Noun
locution
x/x
Noun, Noun
telling
/x
Verb
suggesting
x/x
Verb
claiming
/x
Verb
arguing
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Verb
stating
/x
Verb
alluding
x/x
Verb
noting
/x
Verb
reiterating
x/xxx
Verb
thinking
/x
Noun
referring
x/x
Verb
asking
/x
Verb
proclaiming
x/x
Verb
talking
/x
Verb
implying
x/x
Verb
believing
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Verb
mentioning
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Verb
acknowledging
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Verb
declaring
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Verb
complaining
x/x
Verb
criticizing
/xxx
Verb
assuming
x/x
Verb
describing
x/x
Verb
explaining
x/x
Verb
knowing
/x
Verb
admitting
x/x
Verb
criticising
/xxx
Verb
reminding
x/x
Verb
agreeing
x/x
Verb
exclaiming
x/x
Verb
mean
/
Noun
quoting
/x
Verb
remarking
x/x
Verb
realizing
/xxx
Verb
seeing
/x
Verb
that
/
Adverb, Noun
shouting
/x
Verb
insisting
x/x
Verb
accusing
x/x
Verb
calling
/x
Verb
condemning
x/x
Verb
speculating
/xxx
Verb
forgetting
x/x
Verb
remembering
x/xx
Verb
likening
/xx
Verb
speaking
/x
Verb
apologizing
x/xxx
Verb
hinting
/x
Verb
asserting
x/x
Verb
misinterpreting
xx/xx
Verb
objecting
x/x
Verb
confirming
x/x
Verb
insinuating
x/xxx
Adjective
denying
x/x
Verb
sure
/
Adjective
praising
/x
Verb
announcing
x/x
Verb
concluding
x/x
Verb
emphasizing
/xxx
Verb
proposing
x/x
Verb
denouncing
x/x
Verb
considering
x/xx
Verb
apologising
x/xxx
Verb
noticing
/xx
Verb
statement
/x
Noun
disagreeing
xx/x
Verb
advocating
/xxx
Verb
referencing
/xxx
Noun
doing
/x
Verb
indicating
/xxx
Verb
commenting
/xx
Verb
reconsidering
xx/xx
Verb
blaming
/x
Verb
expecting
x/x
Verb
joking
/x
Verb
convinced
x/
Adjective
because
x/
Adverb
admonishing
x/xx
Verb
repeating
x/x
Verb
guessing
/x
Noun
warning
/x
Noun
paraphrasing
/xxx
Noun
pretending
x/x
Verb
dismissing
x/x
Verb
discussing
x/x
Verb
ignoring
x/x
Verb
inferring
x/x
Verb
understand
xx/
Verb
wondering
/xx
Verb
suppose
x/
Verb
ascribing
x/x
Verb
what
/
Adverb, Noun
responding
x/x
Verb
pointing
/x
Verb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
just
/
Adverb
mouthing
/x
Noun
contradicting
xx/x
Verb
epigram
/xx
Noun
gnome
/
Noun
catchphrase
//
Noun
bon mot
xx
Phrase, Noun
ditty
/x
Noun
tagline
/x
Noun
slogan
/x
Noun
oath
/
Noun
nursery rhyme
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
chiding
/x
Noun
yell
/
Noun
swearing
/x
Noun
muttering
/xx
Verb
jeering
/x
Verb
zing
/
Noun
sting
/
Noun
swagger
/x
Noun
apostrophe
x/xx
Noun
exclamation
xx/x
Noun
twit
/
Noun
running joke
/x/
Phrase, Noun
puzzle
/x
Noun
lecture
/x
Noun
sighing
/x
Noun
skit
/
Noun
wordplay
/x
Noun
poesy
/xx
Noun
boast
/
Noun
berating
x/x
Verb
storybook
/xx
Noun
proverb
/x
Noun
epicurus
xxxx
Name
gnosticism
/xxx
Noun
trite
/
Adjective
goes
/
Verb
pithy
/x
Adjective
stamps
/
Noun
jesus
/x
Name
authenticity
xx/xx
Noun
prophet
/x
Noun
according
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
adage
/x
Noun
adding
/x
Noun
affirming
x/x
Adjective, Noun
alleging
x/x
Noun
ambiguity
xx/xx
Noun
anatomical
xx/xx
Adjective
anecdote
/xx
Noun, Verb
aphorism
/xxx
Noun, Verb
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
assertion
x/x
Noun
assuring
x/x
Adjective
axiom
/xx
Noun
ballad
/x
Noun, Verb
beatitude
x/xx
Noun
bidding
/x
Noun
byword
/x
Noun
chanting
/x
Noun
citing
/x
Noun
clarifying
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
cliche
x/
Noun, Verb
contending
x/x
Noun
dictum
/x
Noun
dis
/
Noun, Verb
dit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
euphemism
/xxx
Noun
expressing
x/x
Adjective
fable
/x
Noun, Verb
goodbye
x/
Noun, Verb
idiom
/xx
Noun
legend
/x
Noun, Verb
maxim
/x
Noun
motto
/x
Noun, Verb
names
/
Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
old
/
Adjective, Noun
parable
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
quip
/
Noun, Verb
quotation
x/x
Noun
reporting
x/x
Noun
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
showing
/x
Noun
shucks
/
Noun
slang
/
Noun, Verb
specifying
/xxx
Noun
stipulating
/xxx
Verb
stressing
/x
Verb
tale
/
Noun, Verb
tom
/
Name, Verb
tongue twister
//x
Phrase, Noun
underlining
/xxx
Noun
validity
x/xx
Noun
wise
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
word
/
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
dialect
/xx
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
headlines
/x
Noun
anymore
xx/
Adverb