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

While a rep for Grande offered no information on the development, Reuters, quoting a source close to the singer, reported Grande's team was looking into how to remove the music from the video as soon as possible. —Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 12 June 2026

Local media outlets quoting unnamed sources and residents said a child was killed during the clash. —Ahmad Mukhtar, CBS News, 9 June 2026

Take it to semiannual and quoting their shares becomes guesswork; spreads widen, depth thins, and some market makers simply step away. —Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

With both Democrats and even Republican allies objecting to the fund, the White House was planning to yank the controversial fund, Axios reported, quoting several aides. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026

Instead of simply quoting an original source without the full context of the surrounding information, the users can choose whether or not to follow the link and better understand the veracity of the author’s claim or statement. —Jeremy Saks, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

In her preface, Corey offers a note of apology for the topic at hand, quoting the author David Sinclair—who, in writing about the Spice Girls, observed that his subject would require him to defend the group’s honor and his own. —Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026

Meanwhile, in the White House briefing room this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio filled in for Karoline Leavitt, the press secretary now on maternity leave, quoting rap lyrics in response to questions about Iran. —Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 7 May 2026

First, my kid and her friends are still quoting that AI-garbage wrestling podcast that went unbelievably far off the rails. —Jason Kirk, New York Times, 5 May 2026