Synonyms for saying
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Dictum
dictum, statement, expression, mention, assertion, affirmation, declaration, utterance, locution, asseveration rare, averment rare
2. Adage
adage, maxim, aphorism, truism, mantra, motto, byword, axiom, precept, gnome, saw dated, proverb dated, sentence dated, apothegm rare, apophthegm UK
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A proverb or maxim.
Forms
- Plural
- sayings → dictums, statements, expressions, mentions…
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A byword is a phrase or saying used reproachfully or contemptuously.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- statement I'm going to ascertain the truth of his statement.
- mention We admired his wisdom, not to mention his courage.
- assertion Tom refuted that assertion with a counterexample.
- dictum As Yoda's old dictum goes, "Do or do not. There is no try."
- adage There must always be two parties to a quarrel, says the old adage.
- truism To say that technology changes rapidly is to utter a truism.
By length
- 3 letters
- saw1
- 5 letters
- motto2, maxim2, gnome1, adage2, axiom3
- 6 letters
- mantra2, hadith, dictum2, truism3, byword2
- 7 letters
- mention2, proverb2, precept2
- 8 letters
- sentence2, aphorism4, locution, averment, apothegm
- 9 letters
- statement2, assertion3, utterance3
- 10 letters
- expression3, apophthegm
- 11 letters
- declaration4, observation4, affirmation4
- 12 letters
- asseveration
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (motto2 = 2 syllables).