Synonyms of quoting

quoting

verb

present participle of quote

1

as in citing

to give as an example

I could quote to you a hundred instances in the past when you've lied to me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• citing
• mentioning
• referencing
• adducing
• specifying
• representing
• illustrating
• exemplifying
• documenting
• referring (to)
• touching (on or upon)
• corroborating
• instancing
• naming
• validating
• sourcing
• adverting (to)
• substantiating
• bearing out

2

as in mentioning

to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically

quoted Thomas Jefferson's views on liberty in her paper on the American Revolution

Synonyms & Similar Words

• citing
• mentioning
• specifying
• noting
• noticing
• indicating
• naming
• suggesting
• explaining
• introducing
• referring (to)
• touching (on or upon)
• implying
• announcing
• clarifying
• dropping
• inferring
• pronouncing
• adverting (to)
• intending
• publishing
• pointing (out)
• declaring
• alluding (to)
• designating
• instancing
• intimating
• interpolating
• proclaiming
• signaling
• hinting (at)
• signifying
• interjecting
• interposing
• publicizing
• sounding
• advertising
• broadcasting
• infiltrating
• bringing up
• elucidating
• insinuating
• denominating
• explicating
• broaching
• spelling out
• clearing (up)
• worming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• forgetting
• disregarding
• neglecting
• overlooking
• passing over
• slighting
• overpassing

3

as in echoing

to say after another

don't quote this to anyone, but I think we're going to Veracruz for winter vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• echoing
• repeating
• parroting
• dittoing
• copying
• mouthing
• reechoing
• aping
• imitating
• mimicking
• emulating
• miming
• copycatting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of quoting

His Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Jessep isn’t fooling anyone with the calculated nonchalance and the propensity for quoting Melville and Shakespeare. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

On election night in 2025, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani began his victory speech by quoting Eugene Debs, one of the most prominent socialists in 20th-century American politics. — Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

With the new update, the agents now expand price quoting to customers in Mexico, Europe, Latin America and Oceania. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Wasson, by contrast, kicks off by quoting three letters from prisoners in San Quentin, from 1947, addressed to the warden. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

The Associated Press reported 50 demonstrators, including minors, were detained and at least two police officers were hurt in a protest that required water cannons to disperse the crowd, quoting the LaPresse news agency. — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Hegseth finished up by quoting Lincoln — actually Linkin Park. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026

Its news release cited a news report quoting a conservative activist who asserted the connection. — Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Multiple local news outlets, including newspaper Sing Tao and the South China Morning Post, said Tang Ho-wing, founder of Boom News, was arrested in the morning, quoting unidentified sources. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026