What are some other words I could use in a story besides said?
2006-11-20 17:20:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
exclaimed
expressed
conveyed
interjected
responded
2006-11-20 17:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by Chris C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go here:
http://www.infoplease.com/thesaurus/said
2006-11-21 01:22:34 · answer #2 · answered by bibliophile31 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
stated. commented. replied. get a thesaurus or go to dictionary.com and click on the thesaurus option. p.s. you repeated your question twice. the "details" portion of a question on yahoo answers is intended to clarify what you are asking.
2006-11-21 01:30:53 · answer #3 · answered by jamoncita 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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Main Entry: cautionary tale
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: piece of advice
Synonyms: a few words of wisdom, admonition, advisory, caution light, caveat, deterrent example, enough said, forewarning, hint, lesson, message, moral, omen, portent, red flag*, sign of things to come*, wake-up call*, warning, word to the wise*
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
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* = informal or slang
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Main Entry: oral
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: spoken
Synonyms: articulate, ejaculatory, lingual, narrated, phonated, phonetic, phonic, recounted, related, said, sonant, sounded, told, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocal, voiced, word-of-mouth
Antonyms: written
Notes: oral applies only to the spoken word but verbal can describe both spoken and written; oral means 'by mouth' or 'by spoken word' and verbal means 'written or spoken word' - so an oral agreement is spoken but a verbal agreement can be spoken or written
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
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Main Entry: reputed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: believed
Synonyms: accounted, alleged, assumed, conjectural, considered, deemed, estimated, gossiped, held, hypothetical, ostensible, putative, reckoned, regarded, reported, rumored, said, seeming, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive, suppository, thought
Antonyms: known
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Main Entry: sooner or later
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: at an unspecified future time
Synonyms: eventually, in time, one fine day, someday, sometime, sometime or other, somewhen, when all is said and done
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
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Main Entry: spoken
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: by speech
Synonyms: announced, articulate, communicated, expressed, lingual, mentioned, oral, phonetic, phonic, said, sonant, told, traditional, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, voiced
Antonyms: unspoken, written
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
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Main Entry: verbal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: spoken
Synonyms: exact, expressed, lingual, literal, oral, rhetorical, said, stated, told, unwritten, verbatim, word-for-word*, word-of-mouth*
Notes: oral applies only to the spoken word but verbal can describe both spoken and written; oral means 'by mouth' or 'by spoken word' and verbal means 'written or spoken word' - so an oral agreement is spoken but a verbal agreement can be spoken or written
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
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* = informal or slang
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Main Entry: vocal
Part of Speech: adjective 1
Definition: spoken
Synonyms: articulate, articulated, choral, expressed, intonated, lyric, modulated, operatic, oral, phonetic, phonic, pronounced, said, singing, sonant, sung, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocalic, vocalized, voiced, vowel
Antonyms: written
Source: Roget's New Millennium⢠Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Copyright © 2006 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
2006-11-21 01:36:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
go to http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/said
2006-11-21 01:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by Maggieee:] 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"oh no" ,gasped sheila
"it's what you wanted "retorted roger
2006-11-21 01:34:53 · answer #6 · answered by ''H'' 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
replied
2006-11-21 01:27:06 · answer #7 · answered by Kymbo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stated
itterated
mentioned
cried
whined
laughed
2006-11-21 01:24:00 · answer #8 · answered by Answer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
supposed
thought
whispered
alleged
believed
understood
assumed
2006-11-21 01:25:29 · answer #9 · answered by melissa 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
mentioned
quipped
stated
offered
reported
remarked
announced
expressed
uttered
told
voiced
advised
2006-11-21 01:26:34 · answer #10 · answered by kimmunism 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋