Saying

Synonyms for "saying" (140 found)

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Noun(16 words)

byword citation cite claim dictum express gnomegnomic sayinghadith idiom locution locutions maintain mantra maxims mention

catchwordcollected sayingscomment conclusion crack creedcurrent sayingdeclaration dictate dictum distich enunciation epigram exclamation expression gnomegolden sayinggreeting interjectionipse dixit

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manifesto maxim mention moral mot motto

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note observation oracleparthian shotphrasepithy sayingpositionposition paperpositive declarationprecept predicate predication prescript proclamation profession pronouncement proposition protest protestation proverb

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proverbial sayingproverbs question reflection remark saw saysay sosay-so sentencesententious expressionsloka stance stand statementstock sayingsubjoinder sutra teaching text thought truism utterance verse vouch wisdomwisdom literaturewise sayingwitticism wordwords of wisdom

Noun(19 words)

noteold norse segjaparoemia posit quotation quote refer remark saw sawsset phrasespeak statementstock phrasethe fewer the betterthe more the betterutter utterance verbalize

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annotation assertion citation claim communication expressionfolk wisdomlanguage mentioningoral communicationphrase proposition reference speechspeech actspeech communication

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adage assert cite claim colloquialism commentdirect quoteidiom maintain maxim mention note proverb referset phrasestate

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Collocations

12 entries

common sayingfamous sayingold sayingpopular sayingproverbial sayingsay aloudsay clearlysay explicitlysay nothingsay thatsay yeswell known saying

Inflections

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said sayings says

Derivations

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sayer

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm just saying!

Source: tatoeba (1343)

You are saying you intentionally hide your good looks?

Source: tatoeba (1380)

There's no point saying "Hi, how are you?" to me if you have nothing else to say.

Source: tatoeba (1768)

Unsure of which suitor she wanted to marry, the princess vacillated, saying now one, now the other.

Source: tatoeba (1941)

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