saying

The word “saying” has 2 syllables: say-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈseɪɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for saying?

In the thesaurus, “saying” has 162 synonyms and 24 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for saying

accepting
adage
advertising
affirming
airing
alleging
announcing
aphorism
apophthegm
apothegm
articulating
asserting
assuming
averring
avouching
avowing
axiom
believing
blabbering
blazing
blurting
bolting
breathing
bringing out
broadcasting
bromide
byword
chirping
claiming
cliche
clothing
comment
commenting
commonplace
communicating
conceiving
concluding
conjecturing
conning
contending
couching
crafting
crediting
declaiming
declaring
deducing
describing
dictum
disclosing
discussing
drawling
dreaming
enunciating
epigram
expressing
expression
fancying
felicity
figuring
formula
formulating
formulizing
framing
gasping
gathering
getting off
giving
guessing
hinting
hypothecating
hypothesizing
imagining
implying
inferring
insinuating
insisting
intimating
judging
learning
lipping
looking
maintaining
maxim
memorizing
motto
mouthing
murmuring
note
orating
paraphrasing
passing
perceiving
phrasing
platitude
posting
postulating
precept
preconceiving
premising
presuming
presupposing
proclaiming
professing
promulgating
proverb
publicizing
publishing
purring
putting
putting into words
reciting
reckoning
reeling off
reflection
remark
remarking
rendering
repeating
rephrasing
restating
rewording
saw
sententia
sharing
shooting
shouting
snarling
sounding
speaking
speculating
spluttering
spouting
statement
stating
studying
suggesting
summarizing
supposing
surmising
suspecting
suspicioning
swallowing
taking
taking for granted
talking
telling
theorizing
thinking
translating
truism
truth
uttering
ventilating
venting
verbalizing
vocalizing
voicing
wheeze
whispering
word
wording
writing up

Antonyms for saying

belying
challenging
confuting
controverting
denying
disavowing
disbelieving
disclaiming
discounting
discrediting
disowning
disproving
disputing
distrusting
doubting
mistrusting
questioning
reading
rebutting
refuting
rejecting
repudiating
stifling
suppressing

Meanings of saying

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.
9. To try; to assay.
noun
1. A proverb or maxim.
2. That which is said; a statement.

Example Sentences

I keep hearing people saying that it's going to snow tomorrow.
She was saying how much she enjoyed the concert last night.
There's an old saying that time heals all wounds.
They were saying the event would be postponed due to the weather.
The teacher kept saying that practice makes perfect.

On this page you'll find 186 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to saying, such as: accepting, adage, advertising, affirming, airing, alleging, announcing.

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