saw

The word “saw” has 1 syllable: saw

It's pronounced as /sɔː/

What is synonym and antonym for saw?

In the thesaurus, “saw” has 210 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for saw

absorbed
accepted
accompanied
adage
anticipated
aphorism
apophthegm
apothegm
appreciated
apprehended
ascertained
assimilated
associated
assumed
attended
axiom
beheld
bromide
brought
byword
calculated
catch phrase
caught
chaperoned
cliche
cognized
comment
commonplace
companied
companioned
compassed
comprehended
conceited
conceived
concocted
conducted
conjectured
considered
consorted
contemplated
convoyed
daffodil
daydreamed
deciphered
decoded
defended
descried
detected
dictum
digested
discerned
discovered
distinguished
divined
dreamed
dreamt
dropped by
dug
encountered
endured
envisaged
envisioned
epigram
escorted
espied
examined
expected
experienced
expression
eyed
fabricated
fancied
fantasied
fantasized
fathomed
featured
felicity
felt
figured out
folk wisdom
followed
foreknew
foresaw
formula
found
found out
glimpsed
gnome
got
got a load of
got wind of
grasped
grokked
guarded
guessed
guided
had
hallucinated
heard
heeded
ideated
identified
imaged
imagined
inspected
intuited
invented
knew
laid eyes on
learned
led
looked up
made
made out
made up
manufactured
marked
maxim
meditated
met
minded
moral
motto
mused
note
noted
noticed
observed
passed
penetrated
perceived
picked out
picked up
picked up on
pictured
pierced
piloted
planned
platitude
pondered
precept
prefigured
presumed
projected
protected
proverb
re-created
realized
received
recognized
recreated
reflected
reflection
regarded
registered
relived
remark
remarked
reminisced
repartee
ruminated
savvied
saying
scanned
scented
scrutinized
seized
sensed
sententia
set eyes on
shadowed
sighted
smelled
smelt
speculated
spied
spotted
squired
stargazed
steered
studied
suffered
supposed
surmised
surveyed
suspected
sustained
tagged
tagged along
tailed
tasted
text
took in
truism
truth
twigged
understood
underwent
ushered
viewed
visioned
visited
visualized
walked
watched
went through
wheeze
witnessed
witticism
word

Antonyms for saw

abandoned
blanketed
blotted out
cloaked
cold-shouldered
concealed
covered
curtained
deserted
disregarded
ditched
dumped
enshrouded
forgot
forsook
hid
ignored
masked
misapprehended
misconceived
misconstrued
misinterpreted
misperceived
misread
missed
mistook
misunderstood
neglected
occulted
overlooked
overpassed
passed over
screened
shrouded
snubbed
unlearned
veiled

Meanings of saw

noun
1. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
2. A musical saw.
3. A sawtooth wave.
4. Something spoken; speech, discourse.
5. A saying or proverb.
6. Opinion, idea, belief.
7. Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
8. Dictate; command; decree.
verb
1. To cut (something) with a saw.
2. To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
3. To be cut with a saw.
4. To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
5. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
6. To form a mental picture of.
7. (social) To meet, to visit.
8. To be the setting or time of.
9. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
10. To wait upon; attend, escort.
11. To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
12. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
13. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
14. To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
15. To include as one of something's experiences.
interjection
1. What's up (either as a greeting or actual question).

Example Sentences

He saw a beautiful rainbow after the rain.
She saw a cat sleeping under the tree.
They saw a shooting star in the night sky.
I saw him running towards the bus stop.
We saw a dolphin jumping out of the water.

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