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. Meryl Streep:

   It kind of broke my heart when I saw it, and I still can’t get it out of my head, because it wasn’t in a movie. It was real life.

2. Jeremy Farrar:

   As we saw with the new confirmed case just last week, the Ebola epidemic is likely to have a long tail and it's possible that several more isolated cases will emerge in the coming weeks and months, this vaccine...could still play an important role in containing any additional flare ups of this outbreak, as well as being available to help prevent future epidemics.

3. Fotis Dulos:

   I saw nothing that let me to believe that, i look back and wonder what I missed.

4. Jennifer Williams:

   We saw it with Youngkin’s race, and [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis has been playing it up for the last year. The issue has been building from Covid and extended to where we are now.

5. John LewisThe:

   I gave a little blood on Edmund Pettus Bridge, i thought I was going to die. I thought I saw death.