saying

Plural: sayings

Noun

• A well-known short statement expressing a general truth; a maxim.
• a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
• A proverb or maxim.
• That which is said; an utterance.

Verb

• express in words
• report or maintain
• express a supposition
• have or contain a certain wording or form
• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
• speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
• communicate or express nonverbally
• utter aloud
• state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
• recite or repeat a fixed text
• indicate
• present participle and gerund of say

Examples

• The old Scrabble SAYING ’When in doubt, play a vowel’ often proved true.

Synonyms

allege, articulate, aver, enjoin, enounce, enunciate, expression, locution, order, pronounce, read, say, sound out, state, suppose, tell, adage, apophthegm, apothegm, byword, clichéd, dictum, gnome, gnomic, gnomic saying, hackneyed, mantra, maxim, oft-repeated, paroemia, proverb, proverbial, rumored, saw, saying, sententious

Related Words

axiom, banality, bon mot, bumper sticker, buzzword, catchphrase, chestnut, cliché, collocation, colloquialism, dogma, epithet, expression, figure of speech, formula, gossip, guideline, idiom, jingle, moral, mot, motto, myth, old chestnut, parable, phrase, pleasantry, precept, principle, quip, quotation, quote, refrain, remark, rule, rule of thumb, sentence, sermon, set phrase, shibboleth, slogan, tenet, theorem, truism, truth, watchword, witticism