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

Roberts spent much of his six-page dissent emphasizing the historic nature of the White House complex, quoting former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the end of his opinion. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2026

Home-insurance companies had estimated a typical rebuild to cost around four hundred dollars per square foot; in Los Angeles, after the fires, contractors have been quoting prices that are closer to seven hundred dollars per square foot. — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

Sources tell the Journal that Apple is quoting a nine-figure budget for this program, but the deals might not include AI training rights. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026

Sales adds quoting tools, Finance installs billing systems and RevOps layers on dashboards. — Ashish Srimal, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Kalshi Trading—and any other principal trading firm transacting on an affiliated exchange—would be forced to only engage with markets by quoting both sides. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Anyone who finds a bag matching this description is requested to hand it in to Newquay Police Station or contact authorities, quoting the incident number 50260197209. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Someone else decided which neighborhoods were worth covering, which chefs were worth celebrating, which women were worth quoting. — Daphne Bryson Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

The story also referenced a story in El Nuevo Día, the largest circulating newspaper in Puerto Rico, quoting Díaz. — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026