| Main Entry: | say |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make declaration |
Synonyms: |
add, affirm, allege, announce, answer, assert, break silence, claim, come out with, communicate, conjecture, convey, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, do, estimate, express, flap, gab, give voice, guess, imagine, imply, jaw, judge, lip, maintain, make known, mention, opine, orate, perform, pronounce, put forth, put into words, rap, read, recite, rehearse, relate, remark, render, repeat, reply, report, respond, reveal, rumor, speak, spiel*, state, suggest, tell, utter, verbalize, voice, yak |
| Notes: | say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered |
Antonyms: |
ask, question, request |
| Main Entry: | saying |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maxim, proverb |
Synonyms: |
adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, byword, dictum, epigram, motto, precept, saw, statement, truism |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reply, react |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, answer back, argue, back at you, back talk, be in touch, claim, comeback, contest, counterclaim, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, explain, feedback, field the question, get back at, get back to, give a snappy comeback, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, return, sass, say, settle, shoot back, solve, squelch, talk back, top* |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
Antonyms: |
ask, question |
| Main Entry: | aphorism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying expressing a belief, often true |
Synonyms: |
adage, apothegm, axiom, dictum, maxim, moral, precept, proverb, rule, saw, saying, truism |
| Main Entry: | articulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say clearly, coherently |
Synonyms: |
enunciate, express, mouth, pronounce, say, sound off, speak, state, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice |
Antonyms: |
bumble, misrepresent, misspeak |
| Main Entry: | articulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clear, coherent speech |
Synonyms: |
delivery, diction, enunciation, expression, pronunciation, saying, speaking, statement, talking, utterance, verbalization, vocalization, voicing |
Antonyms: |
mispronunciation |
| Main Entry: | assert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insist, declare, maintain |
Synonyms: |
advance, affirm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in, cite, claim, contend, defend, horn in, justify, mouth off, pop off, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant |
Antonyms: |
deny, reject |
| Main Entry: | axiom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principle |
Synonyms: |
adage, aphorism, apothegm, device, dictum, fundamental, law, maxim, moral, postulate, precept, proposition, proverb, saying, theorem, truism, truth |
Antonyms: |
absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness, nonsense, paradox |
| Main Entry: | breathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell information |
Synonyms: |
articulate, confide, express, murmur, say, sigh, utter, voice, whisper |
Antonyms: |
hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | citation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt |
Synonyms: |
example, illustration, mention, passage, quotation, quote, quoting, reference, saying, source |