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

Beauty is in the eye of the pie-holder, or however that saying goes. — Hunter Lacey, Allure, 16 Oct. 2026

As the saying goes, hurt people hurt people, and Pam hurts a whole lot of people. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026

Verb

Impact on local businesses was mixed with some small businesses saying the soccer bump was never realized. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Dartmouth touts itself as the birthplace of AI, saying the field got its start at the school in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1956 when a small group of scientists gathered for a summer research project on the topic. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026