Said
Put into words
Said is the simple past tense and past participle of say, making it one of the most common words in English.
In legal and formal contexts, said functions as an adjective meaning "the one previously mentioned": the said property, said defendant.
This usage sounds stiff in casual speech but remains standard in contracts and legal documents.
The phrase easier said than done acknowledges that talking about something is simpler than actually doing it.
Expressed in speech
- statedExpressed in words
- declaredStated with authority
- remarkedSaid in passing
- mentionedBriefly referred to
expressed · voiced · articulated · pronounced · exclaimed · announced · asserted · claimed
Briefly referred to
- statedExpressed in words
- indicatedShowed or suggested
- specifiedExplicitly stated or defined
- notedFamous or observed
referenced · described · outlined · detailed · previously · above · foregoing · prior
Assigned to a source
- citedMentioned as evidence
- reportedCommunicated formally
- recountedNarrated past events
- repeatedDone or said again
relayed · conveyed · paraphrased · testified · alleged · according · sources · quotation
Meeting the requirement
- finalLast and decisive
- settledNo longer in question
- decidedReached a conclusion
- doneNo longer in progress
finished · concluded · determined · resolved · agreed · understood · established · fixed
uttered
Expressed in speech
mentioned · expressed · voiced · articulated · pronounced · exclaimed · announced · asserted · claimed · told
mentioned
Briefly referred to
noted · referenced · described · outlined · detailed · previously · above · foregoing · prior · earlier
attributed
Assigned to a source
repeated · relayed · conveyed · paraphrased · testified · alleged · according · sources · quotation · interview
enough
Meeting the requirement
done · finished · concluded · determined · resolved · agreed · understood · established · fixed · certain
- Arab SurnamesAbdullah, Ahmed, Ali, Amin, Aziz
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- decolonizationanticolonialism, independence movement, independence movements, freedom fighter, anti-colonialism
- historianshistorian, historians, chronicler, chroniclers, annalist
- Independence LeadersMandela, Nehru, Ho Chi Minh, Sukarno, Gandhi
- intellectualsscholar, intellectual, academic, thinker, philosopher
- enough saidDiscussion can stop
- easier said than doneHarder in practice than speech
- well saidPraise for articulation
- said yesExpressed agreement aloud
- said goodbyeExpressed a farewell
- you said itEmphatic agreement phrase