SYNONYMS FOR SAID

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

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