SAID IS DEAD
(over 300 ways to say "said")



 
 
abjured
accused
acknowledged
added
addressed
admitted
admonished
advised
advocated
affirmed
agreed
alleged
allowed
alluded
announced
answered
apologized
appealed
appeased
approved
argued
articulated
asked
assented
asserted
asseverated
assumed
assured
attested
averted
avouched
babbled
baited
bantered
bargained
barked
bawled
began
begged
believed
belittled
bellowed
berated
beseeched
besought
bleated
blew up
blubbered
blurted
blustered
boasted
boomed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

bragged
breathed
broke in
brought forth
cackled
cajoled
calculated
called
caroled
cautioned
challenged
chanted
charged
chatted
chattered
cheered
chided
chipped in
chirped
choked
chorled
chuckled
cited
claimed
coaxed
comforted
commanded
commented
communicated
complained
conceded
concluded
concurred
confessed
confided
confirmed
consented
consoled
contended
condescended
contested
continued
contradicted
contributed
coped
counsel
countered
coughed
crabbed
cracked
craved
cried
criticized
croaked
crooned
cross-examined
 
 
 

 

cursed
debated
decided
declared
decreed
defended
delivered
demanded
demurred
denied
denounced
described
determined
dictated
directed
disclaimed
dictated
disclosed
discussed
disrupted
divulged
drawled
droned
echoed
elaborated
emphasized
enjoined
enumerated
enunciated
equivocated
estimated
exaggerated
exclaimed
exhorted
expatiated
explained
exploded
exposed
expounded
expostulated
expressed
extended
extolled
faltered
foretold
fumed
gagged
granted
greeted
grinned
groaned
growled
grumbled
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

grunted
guessed
guffawed
gulped
gurgled
gushed
haggled

hastened to add

hastened to say
hedged
held

hemmed and hawed

hesitated
hinted
hissed
hollared
hooted
howled
imitated
imparted
imported
implied
implored
indicated
inferred
informed
inquired
insinuated
insisted
instructed
insulted
interjected
interposed
interpreted
intimated
intoned
itemized
jabbered
jerred
jested
joked
joshed
judged
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

lamented
laughed
lectured
lied
lisped
listed
made known
magnified
maintained
marveled
mentioned
mimicked
moaned
mocked
mourned
mouthed
mumbled
murmured
mused
muttered
nagged
narrated
nodded
noted
notified
objected
observed
offered
orated
ordered
panted
perceived
persisted
persuaded
pestered
petitioned
piped up
pleaded
pledged
pointed out
pondered
pouted
praised
prayed
preached
predicted
prevaricated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

proceeded
proclaimed
proded
profaned
professed
promised
prompted
pronounced
prophesied
proposed
protest
provoked
proved
quacked
qualified
quarreled
quavered
questioned
quibbled
quipped
quoted
raged
railed
rambled
rattled off
rebuffed
recalled
reckoned
reconciled
recorded
recounted
recriminated
referred
refused
restated
replied
reported
reputed
requested
rtesponded
scoffed
scolded
screamed
screached
shouted
shrieked
taunted
teased
thanked
twanged
twittered
uttered
validated
ventured
verbalized
voiced
wangled
warbeled
wailed
whined
yanked
yapped