Synonyms of unsaid

unsaid 1 of 2

adjective

as in unmentioned

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unmentioned
• untold
• undisclosed
• silent
• confidential
• unadvertised
• intimate
• esoteric
• inside
• unannounced
• nonpublic
• private
• top secret
• restricted
• secret
• behind-the-scenes
• conspiratorial
• clandestine
• classified
• privy
• hushed
• closet
• hidden
• collusive
• personal
• hush-hush
• surreptitious
• covert
• underground
• furtive
• sneaky
• underhanded
• sneak
• closeted
• stealthy
• repressed
• concealed
• undercover
• underhand
• silenced
• stifled
• suppressed
• occult
• offstage
• sneaking
• offscreen
• backstage
• hugger-mugger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• general
• broadcast
• vulgar
• aired
• publicized
• proclaimed
• professed
• disclosed
• prevailing
• declared
• reported
• prevalent
• announced
• popular
• published
• widespread
• advertised
• current
• heralded
• blazed
• rife
• well-known
• enunciated
• shared
• divulged
• communal
• public
• common
• promulgated
• open
• spotlighted

unsaid

2 of 2

verb

past tense of unsay

as in retracted

to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)

the witness tried to unsay the very testimony that he had given a few days earlier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retracted
• withdrew
• renounced
• contradicted
• denied
• abandoned
• refuted
• relinquished
• recanted
• repealed
• reneged
• repudiated
• took back
• abjured
• foreswore
• disavowed
• abnegated
• forswore
• gainsaid
• disclaimed
• disowned
• recalled
• negated
• spurned
• disagreed (with)
• controverted
• disputed
• disproved
• rebutted
• negatived
• forsook
• backed down
• backed off
• disallowed
• surrendered
• revoked
• backtracked
• bolted
• gave up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stated
• acknowledged
• admitted
• affirmed
• asserted
• declared
• adhered (to)
• claimed
• contended
• maintained
• proclaimed
• professed
• confirmed
• accepted
• supported
• upheld
• defended
• adopted
• vowed
• avowed
• backed
• endorsed
• vouched
• embraced
• indorsed
• espoused

Examples of unsaid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Also left unsaid is whether an end to the conflict would need to be formalized in a treaty signed by Russia and Ukraine or simply accepted as a reality. —Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2022

The women are almost in tears as so much is left unsaid. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024

But what goes unsaid is that there’s some bitterness about a woman getting the deal. —Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Aug. 2023

Left unsaid in the appropriations talks was that the state of Alaska in 2015 permanently banned the founder of the nonprofit, Rosalina Mavaega, from serving as a Medicaid provider. —Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023