Synonyms of said

said 1 of 2

verb

past tense of say

1

as in told

to express (a thought or emotion) in words

why don't you just say what's on your mind?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• told
• talked
• uttered
• spoke
• discussed
• stated
• shared
• announced
• articulated
• gave
• shouted
• verbalized
• enunciated
• passed
• brought out
• posted
• published
• voiced
• looked
• put into words
• whispered
• vocalized
• blurted
• affirmed
• proclaimed
• declared
• commented
• sounded
• put
• remarked
• asserted
• murmured
• aired
• averred
• gasped
• alleged
• promulgated
• advertised
• drawled
• chirped
• ventilated
• purred
• publicized
• breathed
• vented
• phrased
• worded
• got off
• broadcast
• bolted
• formulated
• blazed
• avowed
• mouthed
• blabbered
• snarled
• spouted
• couched
• shot
• clothed
• spluttered
• avouched
• ripped (out)
• lipped
• formulized
• piped up (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• stifled

2

as in expressed

to convey in appropriate or telling terms

I'm not quite sure how to say this, but that's the worst essay I've ever read

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expressed
• stated
• articulated
• put
• phrased
• described
• worded
• formulated
• told
• couched
• clothed
• suggested
• translated
• spoke
• hinted
• summarized
• implied
• disclosed
• intimated
• crafted
• restated
• uttered
• talked
• communicated
• paraphrased
• framed
• rephrased
• insinuated
• rendered
• verbalized
• reworded
• wrote up
• vocalized

3

as in recited

to give from memory

say your prayers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recited
• memorized
• repeated
• spoke
• studied
• learned
• reeled off
• mouthed
• declaimed
• conned
• orated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• read

4

as in assumed

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

let's say, for the sake of argument, that this is true

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assumed
• believed
• thought
• presumed
• concluded
• supposed
• guessed
• figured
• insisted
• hypothesized
• postulated
• dreamed
• accepted
• premised
• presupposed
• imagined
• claimed
• suspected
• declared
• took for granted
• surmised
• credited
• hypothecated
• speculated
• inferred
• deduced
• asserted
• judged
• contended
• swallowed
• maintained
• conjectured
• affirmed
• gathered
• conceived
• averred
• perceived
• reckoned
• theorized
• suspicioned
• alleged
• took
• fancied
• professed
• avowed
• preconceived
• avouched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubted
• questioned
• challenged
• wondered (about)
• disputed
• denied
• disagreed (with)
• discounted
• distrusted
• rejected
• discredited
• controverted
• disclaimed
• repudiated
• disavowed
• disbelieved
• mistrusted
• disowned
• refuted
• rebutted
• disproved
• belied
• confuted

said

2 of 2

adjective

ˈsed 

as in aforementioned

mentioned previously

with said guidebook in hand, we set off to explore the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aforementioned
• aforesaid
• above
• forenamed
• such
• foregoing
• precedent
• former
• preliminary
• preceding
• prior
• introductory
• erstwhile
• antecedent
• whilom
• anterior

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• following
• subsequent
• succeeding
• below
• ensuing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of said

Verb

He was arrested after firing a shotgun in the direction of stairs leading to the ballroom dinner area, prosecutors said in an April 29 court filing. —Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 5 May 2026

The first death on the ship occurred April 11 somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, and the man’s cause of death couldn’t be determined on board, the ship operator said. —Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026

Adjective

Town residents who spoke during public comment argued against tall buildings and larger setbacks for said buildings. —Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026

But Thursday, the start of Francona’s 25th managerial season, was his first Opening Day managing against one of said players, Alex Cora. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026