SYNONYMS FOR SAID
When writing academic papers you often need to make reference or quote the work
of other authors. It would be more interesting for the reader if you used some of
these synonyms instead of using the word said every time you use and idea or quote
from another author. The words in bold are especially useful in academic writing.
acknowledged
acquiesced
added
addressed
admitted
advised
advocated
affirmed
agreed
alleged
allowed
announced
answered
approved
argued
assented
asserted
assumed
assured
asked
attested
avowed
began
boasted
called
claimed
commented
complained
confided
contradicted
debated
denied
denounced
described
dictated
directed
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disclosed
disrupted
divulged
elaborated
emphasized
entreated
enunciated
estimated
exclaimed
explained
exposed
expressed
feared
foretold
fumed
held
implied
indicated
inferred
instructed
itemized
lectured
maintained
mentioned
mused
narrated
noted
notified
objected
observed
opined
orated
petitioned
pleaded
pled
pointed out
predicted
proclaimed
professed
prompted
propounded
publicized
reassured
reciprocated
refuted
related
remonstrated
replied
responded
restated
resumed
retorted
returned
revealed
ruled
sanctioned
scoffed
solicited
specified
spoke
stated
stipulated
stormed
stressed
suggested
thought
told
urged
uttered
vowed
Revised 5/04/09