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

2 of 2

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
• sentiments
• franchises
• ballots
• enfranchisements
• judgments
• views
• suffrages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of says

Verb

The cult member says some predictably culty things about how Thom doesn’t need his father or his friends for guidance. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

Ukraine says goods sold by the company include equipment and technical components that are used by the Russian military. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026

Voya says its fuel can be made from low-grade scrap aluminum, giving the system a potential route to turn an abundant waste material into a source of firm electricity. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

Still happening, Ridley Scott says, and with Michael Fassbender’s David at the center. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Bridges says Parton used her stardom to put good in the world. — Tori Mason, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

West says Gilkar and Ahmed then asked her to terminate the pregnancy. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Nate Bailey, the former head of Atlanta’s firefighter union, says he was retaliated against after advocating for better working conditions. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Noun

The idea, Was says, was to focus on Weir’s songs and the characters in them rather than on the jammy side of the Dead. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026

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