Synonyms of says

says 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of say

1

as in tells

to express (a thought or emotion) in words

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tells
• utters
• speaks
• talks
• discusses
• states
• shares
• announces
• articulates
• verbalizes
• puts
• enunciates
• gives
• vocalizes
• brings out
• shouts
• publishes
• proclaims
• declares
• looks
• affirms
• puts into words
• passes
• asserts
• whispers
• posts
• blurts
• alleges
• sounds
• advertises
• avers
• voices
• avows
• publicizes
• ventilates
• promulgates
• airs
• words
• murmurs
• drawls
• chirps
• breathes
• formulates
• gets off
• remarks
• lips
• blazes
• comments
• broadcasts
• gasps
• blabbers
• vents
• mouths
• purrs
• snarls
• spouts
• shoots
• clothes
• phrases
• splutters
• bolts
• rips (out)
• pipes up (with)
• avouches
• couches
• formulizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppresses
• stifles

2

as in expresses

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

• expresses
• puts
• articulates
• states
• describes
• words
• formulates
• phrases
• clothes
• suggests
• tells
• translates
• implies
• summarizes
• speaks
• discloses
• restates
• hints
• couches
• paraphrases
• insinuates
• intimates
• crafts
• communicates
• utters
• rephrases
• talks
• verbalizes
• renders
• rewords
• frames
• vocalizes
• writes up

3

as in recites

to give from memory

say your prayers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recites
• memorizes
• repeats
• speaks
• learns
• reels off
• studies
• mouths
• declaims
• cons
• orates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reads

4

as in assumes

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

• assumes
• believes
• presumes
• thinks
• concludes
• supposes
• hypothesizes
• insists
• presupposes
• postulates
• accepts
• guesses
• premises
• figures
• imagines
• takes for granted
• dreams
• declares
• speculates
• claims
• infers
• surmises
• contends
• hypothecates
• suspects
• asserts
• deduces
• reckons
• maintains
• swallows
• credits
• affirms
• judges
• perceives
• theorizes
• conceives
• alleges
• avers
• gathers
• takes
• professes
• avows
• suspicions
• fancies
• conjectures
• preconceives
• avouches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denies
• wonders (about)
• doubts
• challenges
• disagrees (with)
• distrusts
• rejects
• disputes
• discredits
• discounts
• questions
• disclaims
• repudiates
• disavows
• disbelieves
• mistrusts
• refutes
• controverts
• rebuts
• disproves
• belies
• disowns
• confutes

says

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noun

plural of say

as in shares

the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion

even if they decide otherwise, at least I had my say

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shares
• voices
• parts
• say-sos
• roles
• votes
• opinions
• beliefs
• convictions
• judgements
• sentiments
• franchises
• rôles
• ballots
• enfranchisements
• judgments
• views
• suffrages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of says

Verb

Some of her products sold out within hours, even when Markle says her team assumed inventory would last weeks. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025

Early Saturday, Ann Davis, 55, of Maynard was killed in a crash in rural Randolph County, a report from state police says. —Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025

Farmer says that Brooks has never really been a mommy’s boy. —Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025

Bluey Medley This to-go pack contains sliced apples, cheddar, and pretzels, says House. —Sherri Gordon, Parents, 18 Oct. 2025

Chernus says of his initial conversation with Macmanus. —Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025

Gosselin says that Pickering’s original masters were lost, and the mixes that made it onto the record began in 2022 after Gosselin sought Pickering’s input. —Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025

Miller says that rejecting God, as philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche warned, ultimately leads to rejecting the value of human life. —Mitch Picasso , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025

The five-year survival rate from prostate cancer is roughly 98%, the NIH says. —Molly Nagle, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025

Noun

It was given a 60 percent chance of cyclone formation through seven says—a 10- percentage-point increase over the previous day. —Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025

But today, the 42-year-old says, time would be better spent studying a more niche topic intertwined with AI, like AI for biology—or maybe not a degree at all. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025