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

The only constant is change, as the saying goes, and workers are wearing thin because of it. — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Isn’t the saying that a tight end is a young quarterback’s best friend? — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Verb

Throughout the renaming process, other lawmakers have criticized the name change, saying structures shouldn’t be named after people who are still alive, or that the money needed for the renaming would be better suited for other uses. — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026

Here’s what analysts and investors are saying about the company and the stock. — Liz Napolitano,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026