Synonyms of saying

saying 1 of 2

noun

ˈsā-iŋ 

as in proverb

an often stated observation regarding something from common experience

there's an old saying that you should let sleeping dogs lie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proverb
• word
• saw
• motto
• adage
• maxim
• aphorism
• epigram
• expression
• remark
• truth
• cliché
• byword
• apothegm
• sententia
• comment
• axiom
• commonplace
• truism
• bromide
• platitude
• formula
• precept
• note
• reflection
• wheeze
• felicity

saying

2 of 2

verb

present participle of say

1

as in telling

to express (a thought or emotion) in words

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• telling
• talking
• uttering
• speaking
• discussing
• stating
• sharing
• announcing
• articulating
• verbalizing
• shouting
• giving
• enunciating
• vocalizing
• putting
• bringing out
• posting
• passing
• proclaiming
• looking
• voicing
• declaring
• publishing
• whispering
• putting into words
• affirming
• sounding
• asserting
• blurting
• alleging
• commenting
• airing
• promulgating
• ventilating
• venting
• mouthing
• publicizing
• remarking
• advertising
• murmuring
• avowing
• blabbering
• broadcasting
• averring
• getting off
• formulating
• gasping
• spouting
• wording
• breathing
• phrasing
• chirping
• blazing
• bolting
• drawling
• purring
• clothing
• shooting
• spluttering
• snarling
• couching
• lipping
• ripping (out)
• avouching
• formulizing
• piping up (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• stifling

2

as in expressing

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

• expressing
• stating
• articulating
• putting
• describing
• formulating
• wording
• clothing
• phrasing
• implying
• suggesting
• telling
• translating
• speaking
• hinting
• summarizing
• couching
• intimating
• paraphrasing
• disclosing
• restating
• insinuating
• talking
• crafting
• uttering
• communicating
• framing
• rephrasing
• verbalizing
• rewording
• rendering
• vocalizing
• writing up

3

as in reciting

to give from memory

say your prayers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reciting
• memorizing
• repeating
• speaking
• studying
• reeling off
• learning
• mouthing
• conning
• declaiming
• orating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reading

4

as in assuming

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

• assuming
• presuming
• believing
• thinking
• concluding
• supposing
• guessing
• postulating
• hypothesizing
• figuring
• presupposing
• insisting
• dreaming
• accepting
• imagining
• claiming
• premising
• hypothecating
• suspecting
• declaring
• inferring
• taking for granted
• speculating
• crediting
• judging
• deducing
• swallowing
• asserting
• perceiving
• maintaining
• surmising
• alleging
• affirming
• contending
• fancying
• conjecturing
• theorizing
• gathering
• suspicioning
• conceiving
• taking
• avowing
• averring
• professing
• reckoning
• preconceiving
• avouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubting
• wondering (about)
• questioning
• disputing
• discounting
• denying
• challenging
• disbelieving
• discrediting
• disagreeing (with)
• controverting
• rejecting
• distrusting
• disclaiming
• repudiating
• disavowing
• refuting
• mistrusting
• disproving
• rebutting
• disowning
• belying
• confuting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of saying

Noun

Good fences might make good neighbors, as the old saying goes, but would a silk fence make a good fence? — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026

As the old saying goes, the lightbulb was not the result of the continuous improvement of candles. — Brian Solis, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Verb

State election groups condemned the mailings, saying staff should not fear for their safety. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

The publisher was so glad, saying thank you because the book is back, and on top of that, the world is discovering that character. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026