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

One person’s flip-flop is another person’s strappy sandal… or so the saying goes. — Talia Abbas, Vogue, 10 July 2026

There is an old saying in baseball, that a team can never have enough pitching. — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Verb

Raman responded to those critiques at her press conference, saying that her district only had three Inside Safe operations over the past four years — fewer than some other districts. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Larson, whose campaign surrogates sought to win delegate support in the spring by saying this would be his last term, has been emphasizing his work on increasing Social Security benefits. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026