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

The board said Wasserman fully cooperated with the review. —Teresa Liu, Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026

Rudolph had not received any help from the fund at that time, but Frenkel said the synagogue was able to give her a $10,000 grant to help fix her home. —Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026

Adjective

Even if the beneficiary has mentioned in his plea for funds that any extra would go to said nonprofit? —Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 17 Jan. 2026

Likewise, if the fence is built objectively on one property owner's boundary line, then the fence is entirely the responsibility of said homeowner. —Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 16 Jan. 2026