said
Voiced the words
Said is the irregular past tense and past participle of say and it is by far the most frequent form of say, since it is the verb most often used to report, in the past, what people say.
Said has a minor role as an adjective to mean previously mentioned.
It is used this way in legal and humorous language.
Having segments that bend
- conveyedTransferred or expressed
- communicatedTransmitted information to another
- voicedExpressed in speech
- utteredExpressed in speech
pronounced · enunciated · verbalized · stated · declared · announced · proclaimed · mentioned
Claimed but unproven
- claimedStated as fact
- indicatedShowed or suggested
- testifiedDeclared under oath
- confirmedEstablished as accurate
disclosed · revealed · announced · leaked · sourced · attributed · secondhand · hearsay
Gave a reply
- answeredGave a reply
- retortedAnswered in kind
- counteredResponded to challenge
- rejoinedReplied or reunited
returned · snapped · quipped · rebutted · interjected · added · continued
Mention of a source
- quotationCited passage or price
- verbatimIn identical wording
- excerptPortion taken from larger work
- attributedAssigned to a source
cited · repeated · paraphrased · invoked · referenced · misquoted · unquote · allegedly
articulated
Having segments that bend
- conveyedTransferred or expressed
- communicatedTransmitted information to another
- voicedExpressed in speech
uttered · pronounced · enunciated · verbalized · stated · declared · announced · proclaimed · mentioned · remarked
alleged
Claimed but unproven
confirmed · disclosed · revealed · announced · leaked · sourced · attributed · secondhand · hearsay · rumored
responded
Gave a reply
rejoined · returned · snapped · quipped · rebutted · interjected · added · continued
citation
Mention of a source
attributed · cited · repeated · paraphrased · invoked · referenced · misquoted · unquote · allegedly · reportedly
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
chronicled · related · recited · described · portrayed · depicted · retold · spun · unfolded · presented
- past tensewent, was, were, had, got
- past tense verbswent, got, had, did, made
- dialogueconversation, line, lines, banter, talk
- speech verbsasked, answered, replied, stated, declared
- tricky spellingsaccommodate, acknowledge, acquaintance, acquire, bureau
- attributionattributed to, cited, according to, per, via
saidunsaid
Not expressed verbally
unspoken · silent · kept quiet · mute · withheld
saidfollowing
Coming after another
subsequent · succeeding · ensuing · below · later
- 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