Says

//sɛz//

Synonyms for "says" (495 found)

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Closest matches (99)

allege pronounce read state suppose about absolute power absolutism acknowledge acme address affirm affirmance affirmation after-dinner speech allegation allocution almost animadvert announce

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Verb(6 words)

state tell allege articulate aver blather

Adverb(2 words)

give or take close to

Strong matches (149)

crack credit creed cumulative voting daresay debate deciding vote decision declamation declaration declare deduce deem delegated authority deliver diatribe dictum directorship disclose discretion

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divine divine right division dominance domination dominion dream echo effect effectiveness eminence emit enchantment enfranchisement enunciate enunciation esteem eulogy exclamation exhortation expect express expression fabric faculty fagot vote fancy favor feel filibuster first place first prize flash back fling off for all practical purposes for practical purposes force forensic forensic address formal speech formulate franchise free choice free decision free will full consent funeral oration gather generally generally speaking give give acknowledgment give answer give expression give out with give tongue give utterance give voice go good feeling grant graveyard vote greeting hand vote harangue hare system have headship hegemony height hey highest hold hortatory address imagine impart imperium importance in round numbers inaugural inaugural address incidental power indicate indirect authority infer influence influentiality inherent authority inning innings insinuation insist instance interjection invective ipse dixit issue a manifesto jeremiad jurisdiction jus divinum just kingship lawful authority lay down leadership legal authority legitimacy let let be let out leverage lip list system lordship magnetism maintain management manifesto mark mastership mastery

Verb(5 words)

dictate enjoin enounce enunciate gab

Intj(1 words)

hey

Adverb(2 words)

just about loosely

Related words (247)

maximum mention moment more or less most mouth nay ne plus ultra nearly new high no noncontingent free will nontransferable vote note nylon observation observe opine opportunity option

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oration order out with palm palms paramountcy part parthian shot pep talk peroration personality persuasion philippic phonate phrase pipe pipe up pitch place plead plebiscite plebiscitum plumper plural vote point poll polling position position paper positive declaration postulate potency pour forth power practically predicate predication predominance preferential voting prefigure prepared speech prepared text preponderance prerogative present presidency pressure prestige presume presuppose presurmise primacy proclaim proclamation profess profession pronouncement proportional representation proposition protest protestation provisionally accept proxy public speech purchase put put forth put in words put it question quote raise react reading recital recitation recite reckon record record vote reecho refer referendum reflection regality register reign rejoin relief remark repeat reply representation repute respond retort return return answer return for answer reverberate right right to vote rightful authority riposte rising vote roughly roughly speaking round roundly royal prerogative rule rumor sales talk salutatory salutatory address say in reply say out say so say-so saying screed secret ballot sentence set down set forth set speech shoot back show show of hands signify single vote snap vote sound sovereignty speak speak out speak up speech speechification speeching spell stance stand stand for stand on statement straw vote suasion subjoinder submit subtle influence suffrage suggestion supremacy surmise suspect sway take take for take for granted take it take the floor take to be talk talk back talkathon tell testify the say the say-so think thought throw off throw out time time at bat tirade top spot transferable vote turn understand upper hand utter utterance valediction valedictory valedictory address verbalize vested authority vicarious authority viva voce vocalize voice voice vote vote voting voting right vouch weight whack whip hand whisper word write in write-in write-in vote yea yeas and nays yes zenith

Verb(14 words)

moot order pass pronounce quethe read report sound out speak suppose utter verbalize voice yak

Adverb(3 words)

plus or minus some well-nigh

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Whatever I do, she says I can do better.

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"This looks pretty interesting," Hiroshi says.

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It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone who only says "yes" and "no".

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"Yes, orange juice please," says Mike.

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