Synonyms for SAW
sɔsaw

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1. saw

   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, saying, truism

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1. proverb, adage, saw, bywordnoun

   a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

   Synonyms:
   adage, saw, power saw, byword, sawing machine, proverb

2. sawnoun

   hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting

   Synonyms:
   adage, power saw, byword, sawing machine, proverb

3. power saw, saw, sawing machineverb

   a power tool for cutting wood

   Synonyms:
   byword, adage, saw, power saw, sawing machine, proverb

4. sawverb

   cut with a saw

   "saw wood for the fireplace"

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1. • Cut
   • Hand Tool
   • Saying

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1. looked

   like you saw a mouse

   i saw a butterfly

   Submitted by Skausar on December 15, 2022  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sawnoun

   Synonyms:
   saying, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept

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1. sawnoun

   Synonyms:
   maxim, adage, apothegm, saying

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1. List of paraphrases for "saw":

   watched, seen, witnessed, noticed, see, sawthe, spotted, sawlt, sawthrough, met, re-watched, found, experienced, vu, saws

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1. John Cracchiolo:

   Yes, there is voter fraud. We saw it with our own eyes.

2. Anita Dunn:

   On January 6, we saw violence geared toward subverting democratic processes there. So it is you know, it's an appropriate place to make these remarks tonight.

3. Khanittha Yimlamai:

   I saw migrants with sores from such difficult labor... Some of them were only 15 or 16 years old, before, I used to think why do we have to help them? They came here to work. But when I saw these conditions, I realized that someone had to help them.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   You may see blips but if we handle them well, it is unlikely that you'll see the kind of surge that we saw in the late fall and the early winter.

5. Elizabeth Geddes:

   On the video you saw the defendant spank( her) four times, and you saw the absolute anguish on( her) face as he spanked her.