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as in proverb

an often stated observation regarding something from common experience

there’s an old saying that you should let sleeping dogs lie

present participle of say

1

as in telling

to express (a thought or emotion) in words

why don’t you just say what’s on your mind?


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2

as in stating

to convey in appropriate or telling terms

I’m not quite sure how to say this, but that’s the worst essay I’ve ever read

3

as in reciting

to give from memory

say your prayers


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4

as in assuming

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

let’s say, for the sake of argument, that this is true


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Pronunciation:

[ sˈe͡ɪɪŋ], [ sˈe‍ɪɪŋ], [ s_ˈeɪ_ɪ_ŋ]

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    • adj.

      mentioning (adjective)

      • most saying,
      • more saying.

      Other relevant words: (adjective)

      • observant,
      • Implying,
      • Mentioning.

      suggesting (adjective)

      • most implying,
      • more implying.
    • n.

      • binomial,
      • Stating,
      • informing,
      • pointing out,
      • revealing,
      • demonstrating,
      • making an announcement,
      • swearing,
      • Claiming,
      • Affirming,
      • certifying to,
      • Averring,
      • asserting,
      • making a statement,
      • Propounding,
      • testifying to,
      • catchphrase,
      • cite,
      • insisting on,
      • observing,
      • Vouching,
      • drafting a proposition,
      • Announcing,
      • attesting to,
      • Maintaining,
      • advertising,
      • publicizing,
      • Alleging,
      • making public,
      • phrasing,
      • giving out,
      • battle cry,
      • making clear,
      • stressing,
      • making a declaration,
      • Avouching,
      • cheer.

      • statement,
      • word,
      • words.

      adage (noun)

      • adage.

      aphorism (noun)

      • rule,
      • sayings,
      • proverb,
      • saying.

      articulation (noun)

      • diction,
      • talking,
      • verbalization,
      • delivery,
      • enunciation,
      • expression,
      • talkings,
      • voicing,
      • speakings,
      • vocalization,
      • pronunciation,
      • speaking.

      axiom (noun)

      • law,
      • postulate,
      • device,
      • proposition,
      • theorem,
      • truth.

      byword (noun)

      • byword.

      citation (noun)

      • example,
      • quote,
      • passage,
      • quotation,
      • illustration,
      • Quoting,
      • source.

      cliche (noun)

      • bromide,
      • banality,
      • platitude,
      • commonplace,
      • rubber stamp,
      • stereotype,
      • buzzword,
      • triviality.

      declaration (noun)

      • hot air,
      • attestation,
      • announcement,
      • deposition,
      • protestation,
      • exposition,
      • information,
      • story,
      • allegation,
      • avowal,
      • disclosure,
      • admission,
      • affirmation,
      • communication,
      • testimony,
      • pitch,
      • oath,
      • publication,
      • profession,
      • revelation,
      • presentation,
      • notice,
      • advertisement,
      • acknowledgment,
      • notification,
      • averment,
      • explanation,
      • broadcast.

      excerpt (noun)

      • fragment,
      • selection,
      • note,
      • part,
      • portion,
      • extract,
      • section,
      • piece,
      • notation.

      inscription (noun)

      • engraving,
      • autograph,
      • epitaph,
      • dedication,
      • heading,
      • lettering,
      • caption,
      • imprint,
      • legend,
      • signature,
      • wording,
      • letterings,
      • label.

      instruction (noun)

      • credo,
      • bidding,
      • directive,
      • code,
      • doctrine,
      • ordinance,
      • catchword,
      • edict,
      • motto,
      • policy,
      • principle,
      • teaching,
      • instruction.

      locution (noun)

      • locution.

      lore (noun)

      • fable,
      • lore,
      • mythos.

      maxim (noun)

      • mantra.

      observation (noun)

      • re flections,
      • re-flections,
      • re flection,
      • re-flection.

      Other relevant words: (noun)

      • declaration,
      • excerpt,
      • axiom,
      • utterance,
      • Re-mark,
      • Sermons,
      • articulation,
      • say so,
      • speech communication,
      • spot news,
      • apophthegm,
      • mention,
      • triteness,
      • reference,
      • dictum,
      • threadbare phrase,
      • outtake,
      • Pericope,
      • news item,
      • counterword,
      • Testimonies,
      • quotes,
      • bon mot,
      • old story,
      • moralism,
      • maxim,
      • guideline,
      • trite remark,
      • spoken communication,
      • phrase,
      • chestnuts,
      • Mouthfuls,
      • potboiler,
      • remark,
      • shibboleth,
      • boiler plate,
      • language,
      • ejaculation,
      • familiar tune,
      • fifteen minutes of fame,
      • two cents’ worth,
      • aphorism,
      • Corns,
      • apothegm,
      • peroration,
      • Outtakes,
      • oral communication,
      • slogan,
      • moralisms,
      • perorations,
      • observation,
      • saw,
      • stale saying,
      • potboilers,
      • wise saying,
      • spoken language,
      • chestnut,
      • decretum,
      • citation,
      • fundamental,
      • platitudes,
      • in formation,
      • references,
      • corn,
      • cuttings,
      • slogans,
      • promulgation,
      • cliche,
      • moral,
      • voice communication,
      • inscription,
      • precept,
      • apophthegms,
      • Prosaism,
      • newsbreak,
      • sound bite,
      • vapid expression.

      phrase (noun)

      • Verbalism,
      • by-words,
      • idioms,
      • by-word,
      • wordage.

      precept (noun)

      • be-hest,
      • be-hests,
      • be hest,
      • pre-cept,
      • decretums,
      • in junctions,
      • pre-script,
      • be hests,
      • pre script,
      • de-cree,
      • pre-scripts,
      • pre cept,
      • in-junctions,
      • in-junction,
      • pre scripts,
      • de-crees,
      • de crees,
      • in junction,
      • de cree.

      quotation/quote (noun)

      • re citation,
      • citings,
      • re citations,
      • re-citations,
      • re-citation.

      • ex-plications,
      • bons mots,
      • re cognition,
      • ex-plication,
      • re cognitions,
      • re-cognition,
      • ex plication,
      • re gards,
      • re marks,
      • re-gard,
      • re-marks,
      • ex plications,
      • re mark.

      saw (noun)

      • daffodil,
      • daffodils,
      • folk wisdom.

      shibboleth (noun)

      • party cry.

      sound bite (noun)

      • fifteen minutes fame,
      • out takes,
      • out take,
      • out-takes,
      • news items,
      • spot newses,
      • oneliner,
      • one liner,
      • sound-bite,
      • out-take,
      • newsbreaks.

      utterance (noun)

      • dis courses,
      • dis-courses,
      • dis course,
      • dis-course.

      wise saying (noun)

      • wise-saying.

      word (noun)

      • communiques,
      • communique.
    • v.

      indicating (verb)

      • Suggesting.

      Other relevant words: (verb)

      • speech.

      say (verb)

      • perform,
      • put forth,
      • divulge,
      • render,
      • repeat,
      • report,
      • affirm,
      • break silence,
      • put into words,
      • relate,
      • guess,
      • orate,
      • opine,
      • verbalize,
      • claim,
      • estimate,
      • pronounce,
      • conjecture,
      • disclose,
      • state,
      • respond,
      • deliver,
      • voice,
      • utter,
      • allege,
      • jaw,
      • suggest,
      • rehearse,
      • add,
      • reveal,
      • gab,
      • DO,
      • express,
      • reply,
      • give voice,
      • imply,
      • make known,
      • come out with,
      • rumor,
      • flap,
      • lip,
      • imagine,
      • yak,
      • communicate,
      • speak,
      • rap,
      • judge.

      speaking (verb)

      • Pattering,
      • babbling,
      • prattling,
      • lecturing,
      • Debating,
      • preaching,
      • gabbing,
      • vocalizing,
      • Discussing,
      • tattling,
      • chitchatting,
      • Reciting,
      • jabbering,
      • orating,
      • Remarking,
      • chattering.
    • Other synonyms:

      • Declaring,
      • Noticing,
      • reporting,
      • Noting.

      bon mot

      • mot.

      Other relevant words (noun):

      • apothegmatic,
      • opinion,
      • recognizable,
      • say-so,
      • verse,
      • quip,
      • postulational,
      • avouchment,
      • phylactery,
      • asseveration,
      • idiom,
      • text,
      • hackneyed,
      • said,
      • grammatical construction,
      • conceit,
      • sentence,
      • legendary,
      • dictate,
      • oracle,
      • declare,
      • maintain,
      • facial expression,
      • convey,
      • jest,
      • cut,
      • apostrophe,
      • tell,
      • sloka,
      • Facetiae,
      • prescript,
      • quiddity,
      • stand,
      • interjection,
      • Jeu D’esprit,
      • famous,
      • joke,
      • look,
      • Affirmance,
      • analects,
      • conclusion,
      • self-evident,
      • reflexion,
      • Collocution,
      • greeting,
      • ipse dixit,
      • axiomatic,
      • position,
      • explain,
      • reflection,
      • position paper,
      • jape,
      • thought,
      • Familiar,
      • comprehend,
      • answer,
      • annunciation,
      • catch phrase,
      • distich,
      • advise,
      • levity,
      • recite,
      • crank,
      • common,
      • proverbial,
      • Proverbs,
      • ana,
      • beatitude,
      • quodlibet,
      • jibe,
      • face,
      • predicate,
      • impart,
      • stance,
      • formulation,
      • aspect,
      • announce,
      • analect,
      • say,
      • telling,
      • notorious,
      • exclamation,
      • guide,
      • peruse,
      • collocation,
      • witticism,
      • epigram,
      • gnome,
      • Concetto,
      • pithy saying,
      • epigrammatic,
      • sutra,
      • protest,
      • notion,
      • as they say,
      • positive statement,
      • assumptive,
      • turn of phrase,
      • vouch,
      • question,
      • assertion,
      • collected sayings,
      • bright thought,
      • ambiguity,
      • interpret,
      • address,
      • manifestation,
      • homily,
      • aphoristic,
      • euphemism,
      • asseverate,
      • construction,
      • crack,
      • Protasis,
      • wisdom,
      • Wisdom literature,
      • formula,
      • standing joke,
      • manifesto,
      • judgment,
      • creed,
      • scintillation,
      • point out,
      • talk,
      • accepted,
      • according to,
      • read,
      • predication,
      • Subjoinder,
      • sentiment,
      • sally,
      • customary,
      • quirk,
      • comment,
      • proclamation,
      • memorable,
      • assert,
      • term,
      • idiomatic expression,
      • truism,
      • Famed,
      • brilliant idea,
      • building,
      • pronouncement,
      • hackneyed saying,
      • advice,
      • unquestioned.

    How to use «Saying» in context?

    When you say something, you are using speech to communicate your thoughts or feelings to someone else. saying something can be pretty simple, like requesting a favor from a friend, or it can be more complicated, like discussing a hard topic with a friend. Saying something also requires a lot of energy, because you have to get your words out in a way that someone else can understand. English is a language that is full of words, so saying something can be really tricky, but it’s also one of the most important things that people do.

    Paraphrases for Saying:

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    • Independent

      • Noun, singular or mass
        nuts, Lire, applications.
      • Verb, gerund or present participle
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      • Noun, singular or mass
        adage, assertion, dictum, expression, maxim, phrase, proverb, say, tell, telling.

    Homophones for Saying:

    • science, smack, sexiness, sneeze, sequence, seagoing, sousing, synoicous, showing, siamese, smock, shanghai, sucking, sickness, synezesis, shaking, sang, shininess, synge, sonic, soaking, senecio, sea king, sacking, signing, smug, swinge, so much, summons, sea moss, sango, swishing, swanky, schmegegge, sassenach, sauciness, swimming, sense, smooch, shmoose, shining, sissiness, snick, shmooze, smoke, snooze, synechia, sizing, sinning, sens, shamanize, smash, siemens, scincus, snazzy, simoniz, sneak away, someways, snag, sannyasi, sinus, song, showiness, shamash, sassing, seance, snake, shocking, shenyang, snook, swooning, schinus, shmuck, swinish, seasickness, socinus, schnook, smoky, sinuous, skinniness, sonsie, singe, sunk, summoning, snack, soissons, samekh, skewness, Shawnee Cake, shamus, shunning, Shun Giku, scanning, snaky, San Jose, sensuous, snug, Soochong, shank, Simonise, swanneck, schnoz, seizing, soon enough, seneca, senesce, sea mouse, snowshoe, songhai, sonchus, siamang, sonsy, squinch, sink, squeezing, swank, squeaking, simonize, sneezy, ski mask, schmooze, sanious, swimming kick, snog, schmoose, synonymous, sewing, skimming, sameness, sickening, samosa, skunk, Sean O’Casey, synagogue, senega, sunchoke, seismic, session cookie, shyness, scheming, sessions, sogginess, schmuck, schumann-heink, seeking, sea snake, sumach, Souchong, synizesis, sync, sagging, soughing, skiing, succinic, swan-neck, swansea, sayanci, sing-kwa, skanky, sinningia, smog, shumac, sconce, scenic, swingy, shakiness, sung, sex change, shagginess, shmegegge, squeamish, snow goose, shnook, sunniness, saneness, seasoning, synanceja, sea change, snake eyes, synoecious, smoggy, Sanchez, symons, sumac, sing, sanyasi, sneaky, skank, sanies, sangay, sneak, shamanise, sagaciousness, shang, swing, smokehouse, seeming, signage, seeing, skink.

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    On this page you’ll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to saying, such as: saw, statement, adage, aphorism, apophthegm, and axiom.

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    How to use saying in a sentence

    It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.

    HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTIN

    She kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.

    THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD

    But he put her gently by, saying, «I would rather be here, good Marda;» and went in and locked the door.

    RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

    «But I can’t stop to argue about it now;» and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.

    DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL

    He heard himself saying lightly, though with apparent lack of interest: ‘How curious, Lettice, how very odd!

    THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD

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    WORDS RELATED TO SAYING

    • adage
    • apothegm
    • axiom
    • dictum
    • maxim
    • moral
    • precept
    • proverb
    • rule
    • saw
    • saying
    • truism
    • adages
    • apothegms
    • axioms
    • dicta
    • maxims
    • morals
    • precepts
    • proverbs
    • rules
    • saws
    • sayings
    • truisms
    • aphorism
    • axiom
    • dictum
    • maxim
    • moral
    • proverb
    • saying
    • truism
    • delivery
    • diction
    • enunciation
    • expression
    • pronunciation
    • saying
    • speaking
    • statement
    • talking
    • utterance
    • verbalization
    • vocalization
    • voicing
    • adage
    • aphorism
    • apothegm
    • device
    • dictum
    • fundamental
    • law
    • maxim
    • moral
    • postulate
    • precept
    • proposition
    • proverb
    • saying
    • theorem
    • truism
    • truth
    • adages
    • aphorisms
    • apothegms
    • devices
    • dicta
    • fundamentals
    • laws
    • maxims
    • morals
    • postulates
    • precepts
    • propositions
    • proverbs
    • sayings
    • theorems
    • truisms
    • truths

    Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

    1. saying

    noun. [‘ˈseɪɪŋ’] a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.

    Synonyms

    • axiom
    • agrapha
    • sumpsimus
    • phrase
    • Beatitude
    • expression
    • logion
    • speech communication
    • maxim
    • spoken communication
    • ambiguity
    • dysphemism
    • calque
    • idiomatic expression
    • anatomical reference
    • phrasal idiom
    • slogan
    • voice communication
    • spoken language
    • oral communication
    • southernism
    • anatomical
    • loan translation
    • shibboleth
    • idiom
    • quip
    • saw
    • shucks
    • set phrase
    • advice and consent
    • euphemism
    • proverb
    • tongue twister
    • locution
    • speech
    • language
    • epigram
    • catchword
    • adage
    • calque formation
    • motto

    Antonyms

    • euphemism
    • misconstruction
    • monosemy
    • unequivocalness

    Etymology

    • -ing (English)
    • -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
    • say (English)
    • saie (English)

    Rhymes with Saying

    • portraying
    • overplaying
    • displaying
    • disobeying
    • replaying
    • prepaying
    • nonpaying
    • dismaying
    • crocheting
    • conveying
    • betraying
    • surveying
    • straying
    • spraying
    • repaying
    • purveying
    • delaying
    • decaying
    • buffeting
    • swaying
    • staying
    • slaying
    • preying
    • praying
    • playing
    • obeying
    • greying
    • graying
    • fraying
    • allaying

    Sentences with saying

    1. Noun, singular or mass
    As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

    2. Verb, gerund or present participle
    Introduce the vocabulary and have students practice saying the word by repeating it after you.

    Quotes about saying

    1. I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.
    Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

    2. Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.
    Boris Pasternak

    3. I’m quite a confident person in many ways, but there’s only so much you can hear about being compared to Hattie Jacques. For the record, she was a comedy goddess, but she was 25 stone. I hope I’m right in saying I’m not in any way nearly 25 stone.
    Miranda Hart

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