Synonyms of said

said 1 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

said

2 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
• broadcasted
• vented
• phrased
• worded
• got off
• broadcast
• bolted
• formulated
• blazed
• avowed
• mouthed
• blabbered
• snarled
• spouted
• couched
• clad
• 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
• clad
• told
• couched
• clothed
• suggested
• translated
• spoke
• hinted
• implied
• summarized
• intimated
• disclosed
• 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
• concluded
• presumed
• supposed
• guessed
• figured
• insisted
• hypothesized
• postulated
• dreamed
• accepted
• premised
• dreamt
• presupposed
• imagined
• claimed
• suspected
• declared
• surmised
• took for granted
• 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

Examples of said in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Of course, the fact that Eddie and Susie are operating a weed farm with said generators did cross JP’s mind at one point or another. —Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2024

Alisha Bailey plays Kat, the leader of the said coven, forced to abandon African and Caribbean ancestral magic and rituals to take up the coveted position. —L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 6 Feb. 2024

For Chile, the groups have a two-pronged approach: minimizing future imports of textile waste and addressing the harmful effects of previous (and any future) imports of said waste. —Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

Press play above to hear Sarsgaard deliver his defense of said scene, to not just me but his equally curious co-star and brother-in-law, Jake Gyllenhaal, as well! —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 July 2024