said

The word “said” has 1 syllable: said

It's pronounced as /sɛd/


What is synonym and antonym for said?

In the thesaurus, “said” has 152 synonyms and 29 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for said along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for said

  • above
  • accepted
  • advertised
  • affirmed
  • aforementioned
  • aforesaid
  • aired
  • alleged
  • announced
  • antecedent
  • anterior
  • articulated
  • asserted
  • assumed
  • averred
  • avouched
  • avowed
  • believed
  • blabbered
  • blazed
  • blurted
  • bolted
  • breathed
  • broadcast
  • broadcasted
  • brought out
  • chirped
  • clad
  • claimed
  • clothed
  • commented
  • communicated
  • conceived
  • concluded
  • conjectured
  • conned
  • contended
  • couched
  • crafted
  • credited
  • declaimed
  • declared
  • deduced
  • described
  • disclosed
  • discussed
  • drawled
  • dreamed
  • dreamt
  • enunciated
  • erstwhile
  • expressed
  • fancied
  • figured
  • foregoing
  • forenamed
  • former
  • formulated
  • formulized
  • framed
  • gasped
  • gathered
  • gave
  • got off
  • guessed
  • hinted
  • hypothecated
  • hypothesized
  • imagined
  • implied
  • inferred
  • insinuated
  • insisted
  • intimated
  • introductory
  • judged
  • learned
  • lipped
  • looked
  • maintained
  • memorized
  • mouthed
  • murmured
  • orated
  • paraphrased
  • passed
  • perceived
  • phrased
  • posted
  • postulated
  • precedent
  • preceding
  • preconceived
  • preliminary
  • premised
  • presumed
  • presupposed
  • prior
  • proclaimed
  • professed
  • promulgated
  • publicized
  • published
  • purred
  • put
  • put into words
  • recited
  • reckoned
  • reeled off
  • remarked
  • rendered
  • repeated
  • rephrased
  • restated
  • reworded
  • shared
  • shot
  • shouted
  • snarled
  • sounded
  • speculated
  • spluttered
  • spoke
  • spoken
  • spouted
  • stated
  • studied
  • such
  • suggested
  • summarized
  • supposed
  • surmised
  • suspected
  • suspicioned
  • swallowed
  • talked
  • theorized
  • thought
  • told
  • took
  • took for granted
  • translated
  • uttered
  • vented
  • ventilated
  • verbalized
  • vocalized
  • voiced
  • whilom
  • whispered
  • worded
  • wrote up

Antonyms for said

  • belied
  • below
  • challenged
  • confuted
  • controverted
  • denied
  • disavowed
  • disbelieved
  • disclaimed
  • discounted
  • discredited
  • disowned
  • disproved
  • disputed
  • distrusted
  • doubted
  • ensuing
  • following
  • mistrusted
  • questioned
  • read
  • rebutted
  • refuted
  • rejected
  • repudiated
  • stifled
  • subsequent
  • succeeding
  • suppressed

Meanings of said

  • adjective
    1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
  • verb
    1. To pronounce.
    2. To recite.
    3. To tell, either verbally or in writing.
    4. To indicate in a written form.
    5. To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
    6. Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
    7. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
    8. (of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.

Example Sentences

  • The teacher said the homework assignment was due tomorrow.
  • The detective said the suspect had been apprehended.
  • She said her goodbyes and left the room quietly.
  • The news anchor said the weather forecast for the weekend was sunny.
  • He said he would meet us at the cafe for lunch.

On this page you'll find 181 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to said, such as: above, accepted, advertised, affirmed, aforementioned, aforesaid, aired.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abjured

  • abandoned
  • abnegated
  • avoided
  • backed down
  • backed off
  • backtracked
  • bolted
  • bucked
  • checked
  • combated
  • combatted
  • constrained
  • contradicted
  • controverted
  • curbed
  • denied
  • disallowed
  • disavowed
  • disclaimed
  • disowned
  • disproved
  • disputed
  • eschewed
  • forbore
  • foreswore
  • forewent
  • forsook
  • forswore
  • forwent
  • fought
  • gainsaid
  • gave up
  • inhibited
  • negated
  • negatived
  • rebutted
  • recalled
  • recanted
  • refused
  • refuted
  • rejected
  • relinquished
  • reneged
  • renounced
  • repealed
  • repudiated
  • retracted
  • revoked
  • shunned
  • spurned
  • surrendered
  • took back
  • unsaid
  • withdrew

abnegated

above

  • Beulah
  • Elysium
  • New Jerusalem
  • Sion
  • Valhalla
  • Zion
  • aforementioned
  • aforesaid
  • afterlife
  • afterworld
  • aloft
  • antecedent
  • anterior
  • atop
  • before
  • beyond
  • bliss
  • elysian fields
  • empyrean
  • erstwhile
  • exceeding
  • foregoing
  • forenamed
  • former
  • glory
  • greater than
  • happy hunting ground
  • heaven
  • hereafter
  • high
  • introductory
  • kingdom come
  • larger than
  • nirvana
  • on high
  • on top of
  • otherworld
  • over
  • overhead
  • paradise
  • precedent
  • preceding
  • preliminary
  • prior
  • prior to
  • promised land
  • raised
  • said
  • sky
  • skyward
  • such
  • superior
  • superior to
  • surpassing
  • upon
  • upward
  • upwards
  • whilom

accounted

  • alleged
  • assumed
  • believed
  • called
  • conceived
  • conjectural
  • considered
  • counted
  • deemed
  • esteemed
  • estimated
  • fancied
  • felt
  • gossiped
  • held
  • hypothetical
  • imagined
  • ostensible
  • putative
  • rated
  • reckoned
  • regarded
  • reported
  • rumored
  • said
  • seeming
  • sensed
  • set down
  • supposed
  • suppositional
  • suppositious
  • supposititious
  • suppositive
  • suppository
  • thought
  • took for
  • viewed

backed down


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