300 Different Ways to Say the Word Said
When you're writing anything, from the next great novel to an editorial, the quickest way to bore a reader is to repeat descriptive words. Said is one of the most overused words when a writer quotes people or characters in a story.
Keep your readers (or listeners) engaged by imaginatively conveying tone and feeling in your quotes. With the list of over 300 words to use instead of the word “said”, you'll assure (a form of say to) your followers that you know how to tell a tale.
AAccused Acknowledged Added Addressed Admitted Advised Affirmed Agreed Alleged Alluded Announced Answered Apologized Appealed Approved Argued Articulated Asked Asserted Assured Avowed | BBabbled Bargained Barked Bawled Beamed Began Begged Bellowed Bleated Blurted Boasted Boomed Bragged Broke In Bubbled | CCackled Cajoled Called Cautioned Challenged Chanted Chatted Chattered Cheered Chided Chimed In Choked Chortled Chorused Chuckled Claimed Clucked Coaxed Commanded Commented Complained Conceded Concluded Concurred Confessed Confided Confirmed Congratulated Consented Contended Continued Convinced Corrected Coughed Countered Cried Criticized Croaked Crowed Cursed | DDared Debated Decided Declaimed Declared Decreed Demanded Denied Described Dictated Digressed Directed Disagreed Disclosed Divulged Drawled Droned | EEchoed Elaborated Emphasized Enjoined Enunciated Equivocated Exaggerated Exclaimed Exhorted Explained Extolled |
FFaltered Finished Foretold Fretted Fumed | GGasped Giggled Greeted Groaned Growled Grumbled Grunted Guessed Gulped Gurgled Gushed | HHinted Hissed Hissed Hollered Hollered Hooted Howled Hypothesized | IImitated Implied Implored Informed Inquired Insinuated Insisted Instructed Interjected Interrupted Intimated Intoned | JJabbered Jeered Jested Joked |
LLamented Laughed Lectured Lied | MMaintained Marveled Mentioned Mimicked Moaned Mumbled Murmured Mused Muttered | NNagged Nodded Noted | OObjected Observed Offered Ordered Out | PPanted Piped Pleaded Pledged Pointed Pointed Out Pondered Postulated Praised Prayed Preached Predicted Proceeded Proclaimed Professed Promised Proposed Protested Puzzled |
QQuavered Queried Questioned Quipped Quoted | RRailed Ranted Raved Reasoned Reassured Recalled Recited Reckoned Recommended Reiterated Rejoined Related Remarked Remembered Reminded Repeated Replied Reported Reprimanded Requested Responded Retorted Returned Revealed Roared | SSang Sassed Scoffed Scolded Screamed Screeched Shouted Shrieked Shrieked Shrilled Sighed Smiled Smirked Snapped Snarled Sneered Sneezed Snickered Sniffed Sniffled Snorted Sobbed Speculated Spoke Sputtered Squeaked Squeaked Stammered Started Stipulated Stormed Stressed Stuttered Suggested Suggested Surmised Swore Sympathized | TTattled Taunted Teased Tempted Tempted Tested Testified Theorized Threatened Told | UUrged Uttered |
VVentured Voiced Volunteered Vouched Vowed Vowed | WWaffled Wailed Warned Wept Whimpered Whine Whined Whispered Wondered Worried | YYakked Yawned Yelled Yelped Yowled |
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