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, 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, 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  

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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. Meghan Markle:

   She was getting such really relentless negative press from the British tabloid press, it doesn't surprise me at all. I think they had enough. And we saw what happened to Princess Diana. And I think the last thing that Harry wanted to happen was the exact same thing that happened to his mother. So, I think that they really gave it a good go. I mean, I was there, I read all the articles.

2. Francesca Knittel-Bowyer:

   Luise Rainer was bigger than life and can charm the birds out of the trees, if you saw Luise Rainer, you'd never forget Luise Rainer.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   We had a murderous dictator, Gadhafi, who had American blood on his hands, as I'm sure you remember, threatening to massacre large numbers of the Libyan people, we had our closest allies in Europe burning up the phone lines begging us to help them try to prevent what they saw as a mass genocide, in their words. And we had the Arabs standing by our side saying, 'We want you to help us deal with Gadhafi.'.

4. Deputy District Attorney Dan Akemon:

   Ashton Kutcher looked in the window and saw what Ashton Kutcher thought was spilled wine on the floor, we believe now the evidence will show that was actually blood, and Ashley had already been murdered.

5. Mary Claire Caine:

   I think they took one look at me when I got out of my car and saw that I was a woman and assumed I wasn't a veteran and assumed I hadn't served my country.