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Synonyms for saying
ˈseɪ ɪŋsay·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
saying
The proverb or adage gives homely truth in condensed, practical form, the adage often pictorial. "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick" is a proverb; "The cat loves fish, but dares not wet her feet," is an adage. Both the proverb and the adage, but especially the latter, are thought of as ancient and widely known. An aphorism partakes of the character of a definition; it is a summary statement of what the author sees and believes to be true. An apothegm is a terse statement of what is plain or easily proved. The aphorism is philosophical, the apothegm practical. A dictum is a statement of some person or school, on whom it depends for authority; as, a dictum of Aristotle. A saying is impersonal, current among the common people, deriving its authority from its manifest truth or good sense; as, it is an old saying, "the more haste, the worse speed." A saw is a saying that is old, but somewhat worn and tiresome. Precept is a command to duty; motto or maxim is a brief statement of cherished truth, the maxim being more uniformly and directly practical; "God is love" may be a motto, "Fear God and fear naught," a maxim. The precepts of the Sermon on the Mount will furnish the Christian with invaluable maxims or mottoes. A byword is a phrase or saying used reproachfully or contemptuously.
Synonyms:
adage, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, dictum, maxim, motto, precept, proverb, saw, truism
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
saying
Synonyms:
assertion, maxim, saw, dictum, declaration, speech, byword, proverb, aphorism, apothegmAntonyms:
dissertation, disquisition, essay, ratiocination, rigmarole, yarn, circumlocution
Princeton's WordNet
saying, expression, locutionnoun
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
"pardon the expression"
Synonyms:
formulation, facial expression, expression, construction, look, locution, manifestation, reflexion, grammatical construction, verbal expression, verbalism, face, formula, aspect, reflection
Editors Contribution
quote
someone's quote; what someone is dialoguing.
her saying is well-known throughout history.
Submitted by JP03 on October 15, 2015
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sayingnoun
Synonyms:
expression, observation, remark, declaration, statementsayingnoun
Synonyms:
proverb, saw, maxim, aphorism, adage, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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How to use saying in a sentence?
It was a relief to get it off our shoulders, and not feel the constant sadness of not having a prom, to know others felt the same way, by doing the photo shoot we're helping other people by saying we're going through it too.
I think Mike PenceVice is doing what Mike PenceVice can : saying the right things, defining Mike PenceVice as Mike PenceVice and not as Trump's surrogate, and helping others, but Mike PenceVice's kind of like a jet trying to land with a storm over the airport. Mike PenceVice's in a holding pattern until Donald Trump decides.
What that's saying is the market has no confidence in (management).
She was crying and she was saying Boris had been killed and he's lying next to me, she was in such shock she couldn't say anything else.
But when I checked those patients’ names, they were not in this category. And then in late April, I started to receive threats to my home in Kabul saying that I would be killed.
Translations for saying
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- proverbi, ditaCatalan, Valencian
- přísloví, rčeníCzech
- dywediadWelsh
- Sprichwort, AusspruchGerman
- ρητό, απόφθεγμα, παροιμίαGreek
- dicho, diciendo, proverbio, refránSpanish
- sanontaFinnish
- dictonFrench
- közmondás, mondás, szólásmondásHungarian
- առածArmenian
- dicto, proverbioInterlingua
- pepatahIndonesian
- detto, proverbio, massimaItalian
- 格言Japanese
- dictioLatin
- Sproch, SprachwuertLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- поговорка, изрека, пословицаMacedonian
- gezegde, spreekwoordDutch
- powiedzeniePolish
- dizendo, provérbio, ditadoPortuguese
- zicală, proverbRomanian
- пoслoвицa, пoгoвoркaRussian
- poslovica, izrekaSerbo-Croatian
- príslovie, rčenieSlovak
- ordstäv, ordspråkSwedish
- misemo, msemoSwahili
- kasabihanTagalog
- spot, dijhêyeWalloon
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