Speaking: Words to Use Instead of "Said"
Content Updated July 28, 2007
A
- addressed
- announced
- appealed
- articulated
- attacked
B
- baaed
- babbled
- barked
- bawled
- bayed
- began to say
- bellowed
- blabbed
- blazed
- bleated
- blewup
- blubbered
- blundered
- blurted
- booed
- boomed
- brayed
- bumbled
C
- cackled
- called
- carried on
- catcalled
- chanted
- chatted up
- chattered
- cheeked
- cheered
- chirped
- chittered
- chortled
- chuckled
- clacked
- clamored
- clarified
- communicated
- complained
- continued
- conversed
- conveyed
- cooed
- coquetted
- corrected
- cracked
- crowed
- cried
- cried out
- cursed
D
- delivered
- denoted
- discoursed
- dissertated
- dogmatized
- droned
E
- emitted
- enthused
- exclaimed
- expressed
F
- faltered
- flirted
G
- gabbled
- gagged
- geed
- gibbered
- giggled
- gobbled
- go on
- gossiped
- grizzled
- growled
- grunted
- guffawed
- gulped
- gushed
H
- hallooed
- harangued
- hissed
- hollered
- hooted
- honked
- howled
- hurrahed
I
- inflected
- insulted
- intoned
J
- jabbered
- japed
- jawed
- jested
- joked
K
- keynoted
- kvetched
L
- lashed out
- laughed
- lectured
- let loose
- let out
- leveled
- lipped
M
- mashed
- maundered
- mewed
- memorialized
- modulated
- monologued
- monologuised
- mooed
- mouthed
- mumbled
- murmured
- mussitated
- muttered
N
- neighed
- nickered
- noised
O
- objected
- opened up
- orated
- outcry
P
- palavered
- peeped
- philandered
- piffled
- piped up
- pointed out
- pontificated
- prated
- prattled
- presented
- proceeded
- puled
R
- ranted
- rapped
- rasped
- raspberried
- rattled
- raved
- razzed
- read
- rejected
- remonstrated
- renounced
- resounded
- reviled
- roared
- romanced
- ran on
- rustled
S
- said
- scorned
- screaked
- screamed
- screeched
- shouted
- shrieked
- shrilled
- sibilated
- sissed
- sizzed
- skreighed
- skreaked
- slung
- slurred
- smattered
- snapped
- snarled
- snickered
- sniggered
- sniped
- sniveled
- snorted
- sobbed
- soliloquized
- sounded off
- speech
- spieled
- spoke
- spouted
- squalled
- squawked
- stammered
- stated
- statement
- stuttered
- swallowed
T
- talked
- talked down
- tattled
- tittered
- thundered
- toned
- tongued
- trolled
- twaddled
- twirped
U
- ululated
- uttered
V
- verbalized
- vocalized
- vroomed
W
- wailed
- went on
- wept
- whickered
- whiffed
- whined
- whinnied
- whispered
- whooped
- withdrew
Y
- yacked
- yammered
- yapped
- yelled
- yelped
- yodeled
- yowled
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