What are some opposite words for say?
Antonyms for say
seɪsay
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
say
To allege is formally to state as true or capable of proof, but without proving. To adduce, literally to lead to, is to bring the evidence up to what has been alleged. Adduce is a secondary word; nothing can be adduced in evidence till something has been stated or alleged, which the evidence is to sustain. An alleged fact stands open to question or doubt. To speak of an alleged document, an alleged will, an alleged crime, is either to question, or at least very carefully to refrain from admitting, that the document exists, that the will is genuine, or that the crime has been committed. Alleged is, however, respectful; to speak of the "so-called" will or deed, etc., would be to cast discredit upon the document, and imply that the speaker was ready to brand it as unquestionably spurious; alleged simply concedes nothing and leaves the question open. To produce is to bring forward, as, for instance, papers or persons. Adduce is not used of persons; of them we say introduce or produce. When an alleged criminal is brought to trial, the counsel on either side are accustomed to advance a theory, and adduce the strongest possible evidence in its support; they will produce documents and witnesses, cite precedents, assign reasons, introduce suggestions, offer pleas. The accused will usually assert his innocence. Compare STATE.
Synonyms:
adduce, advance, affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, assign, aver, cite, claim, declare, introduce, maintain, offer, plead, produce, state
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
sayverb
the chance to speak
"let him have his say"
state, say, tellverb
express in words
"He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
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enunciate, express, sound out, aver, recite, enounce, distinguish, recount, secern, state, narrate, evidence, suppose, submit, articulate, assure, put forward, posit, severalise, separate, pronounce, enjoin, severalize, secernate, allege, read, tell apart, differentiate, tell, orderallege, aver, sayverb
report or maintain
"He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
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enunciate, articulate, sound out, state, affirm, suppose, aver, assert, avow, swan, pronounce, enjoin, allege, read, swear, tell, order, enounce, verifysuppose, sayverb
express a supposition
"Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
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hypothecate, presuppose, guess, sound out, state, theorise, hypothesize, enunciate, speculate, reckon, suppose, aver, articulate, hypothesise, imagine, pronounce, enjoin, think, theorize, allege, read, opine, tell, order, enounce, conjectureread, sayverb
have or contain a certain wording or form
"The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
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enunciate, sound out, aver, scan, record, state, enounce, register, learn, interpret, articulate, translate, study, pronounce, enjoin, allege, understand, take, read, tell, order, suppose, showorder, tell, enjoin, sayverb
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
"I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
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tell apart, distinguish, dictate, suppose, place, ordain, put, differentiate, read, pronounce, range, enjoin, enounce, enunciate, evidence, tell, regulate, state, assure, govern, severalize, arrange, separate, regularize, severalise, ordinate, regularise, grade, aver, articulate, secern, set up, allege, rank, consecrate, rate, recite, narrate, recount, sound out, prescribe, order, secernatepronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, sayverb
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
"She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
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tell, sound out, state, enounce, enjoin, label, formulate, suppose, enunciate, articulate, joint, read, feel out, pronounce, vocalise, give voice, allege, vocalize, aver, word, check out, judge, order, phrasesayverb
communicate or express nonverbally
"What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"
Synonyms:
tell, sound out, state, enounce, enjoin, enunciate, allege, order, articulate, suppose, read, aver, pronouncesayverb
utter aloud
"She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"
Synonyms:
tell, sound out, state, enounce, enjoin, enunciate, allege, order, articulate, suppose, read, aver, pronouncesayverb
state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
"I say let's forget this whole business"
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tell, sound out, state, enounce, enjoin, enunciate, allege, order, articulate, suppose, read, aver, pronouncesayverb
recite or repeat a fixed text
"Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"
Synonyms:
tell, sound out, state, enounce, enjoin, enunciate, allege, order, articulate, suppose, read, aver, pronouncesayverb
indicate
"The clock says noon"
Synonyms:
tell, sound out, state, enounce, enjoin, enunciate, allege, order, articulate, suppose, read, aver, pronounce
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How to use say in a sentence?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel:
Faced with a great challenge, it cannot be that Europe says 'We can't handle this', that's why I say again and again: We can do this.
My great concern is that we are on the verge of perhaps picking someone who cannot do this job. I've watched to see people say that we should dismantle Medicare and Medicaid and leave our senior citizens out, out in the cold. I've heard them talk about deporting 10 or 11 (million) people here from this country out of this country, splitting families. I've heard about tax schemes that don't add up that put our kids in a deeper hole than they are today.
If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.
There are schools of thought and singularity that say, ‘This is going too far. Super-intelligence will start to dominate human intelligence in the next decade.’ I do not subscribe to that, there are also digital optimists who argue [AI] could cure poverty, hunger and everything else. There is one thing both of these two antipodal groups agree on: This is going to be the biggest tectonic transformation that the planet has ever seen. Whether it’s going to lead to the ultimate destruction of mankind or complete eradication of all diseases and poverty is up for debate. But the fact is this is going to have an impact bigger than any other impact that man has seen before. That’s not up for question.
The way I think about these things, you never say 'never,'.
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