Antonyms for say
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : sey |
Phonetic Transcription : seɪ |
Definition of say
Origin :- Old English secgan "to utter, inform, speak, tell, relate," from Proto-Germanic *sagjanan (cf. Old Saxon seggian, Old Norse segja, Danish sige, Old Frisian sedsa, Middle Dutch segghen, Dutch zeggen, Old High German sagen, German sagen "to say"), from PIE *sokwyo-, from root *sekw- (3) "to say, utter" (cf. Hittite shakiya- "to declare," Lithuanian sakyti "to say," Old Church Slavonic sociti "to vindicate, show," Old Irish insce "speech," Old Latin inseque "to tell say").
- Past tense said developed from Old English segde. Not attested in use with inanimate objects (clocks, signs, etc.) as subjects before 1930. You said it "you're right" first recorded 1919; you can say that again as a phrase expressing agreement is recorded from 1942, American English. You don't say (so) as an expression of astonishment (often ironic) is first recorded 1779, American English.
- verb make declaration
Synonyms for say
- add
- affirm
- allege
- announce
- answer
- assert
- break silence
- claim
- come out with
- communicate
- conjecture
- convey
- declare
- deliver
- disclose
- divulge
- do
- estimate
- express
- flap
- gab
- give voice
- guess
- imagine
- imply
- jaw
- judge
- lip
- maintain
- make known
- mention
- opine
- orate
- perform
- pronounce
- put forth
- put into words
- rap
- read
- recite
- rehearse
- relate
- remark
- render
- repeat
- reply
- report
- respond
- reveal
- rumor
- speak
- spiel
- state
- suggest
- tell
- utter
- verbalize
- voice
- yak
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