Communication: synonyms for ask, answer, said, say, tell, ...

ask • Meaning of these synonyms: To seek advice / To put a question to ... • Example sentence: "He didn't ask us outright if we could leave; he merely insinuated, through his tone and his gesture, that it was time for us to go." (Source unknown)	beg	beseech	catechize • Example sentence: The CIA agent was eternally catechizing the russian renegade on all kinds of security related subjects.	delve
demand	debrief • Example sentence: The authorities have started to debrief the new arrivals, who could make it to the coast.	entreat	examine	explore
grill	inquire	insist	interrogate	investigate
petition	plead	pled	pray	propose to
probe	pry	query	question	quiz
request	spy	suggest to

answer • Meaning of these synonyms: A spoken or written reply / Something intended to explain or resolve a problem. • Example sentence: "The answer provoked a look of profound suspicion on Melony's restless countenance." (The Cider House Rules, John Irving)	quip	react	rebut	rejoin
reply	respond	retort	riposte	sass
talk back	write back

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say • Meaning of these synonyms: To utter aloud; pronounce / To express in words • Example sentence: If forced to conjecture, I would say the volcano will erupt in 24 hours.	allege	articulate	assert	avow
chorus	contend	enounce	enunciate	maintain
mouth	profess	pronounce	speak	sound
utter	verbalize	vocalize	voice

The following words all describe manners of speaking or tones of voice (often reflecting the emotional state of the speaker) and should be used when necessary and appropriate.

said	babble	bark	bawl	beam
bellow	bleat	blurt	boast	brag
cajol	cheer	choke	chuckle	cough
crow	cry	drawl	fret	fulminate
gasp	giggle	groan	growl	grumble
grunt	hiss	holler	howl	jeer
laugh	lisp	marvel	mimick	moan
mumble	murmur	mutter	muse	nod
pant	pipe	quaver	rant	roar
scold	scream	screech	shout	shriek
sigh	sing	smile	smirk	snap
snarl	sneer	sneeze	snicker	sniff
snort	sob	sputter	squawk	squeak
stammer	storm	thunder	trumpet	vociferate
wail	weep	whimper	whine	whisper
worry	yell

It is not recommended to just use said. Try to balance your dialogue words between said and its synonyms. Said is a mighty verb (to be exact: Past tense and past participle of say)! There are times when it makes sense to use it. Other times, it's a proper idea to select a synonym instead of said. A distinguished writer employs alternatives, often harmonizing the use of similar words. Have a look at some of your favorite novels, short stories, newspaper and magazine articles to help you to dwell further into this subject.

announce • Meaning of these synonyms: To proclaim the presence or arrival of something • Example sentence: The phone company had announced a ludicrously high fee for oversea phone calls.	address	advert	advertise	advocate
allude	animadvert	beat the drum for	bespeak	betoken
blazon	boost	bring up	broadcast	celebrate
champion	claim	comment	confide	declare
exclaim	express	extol	hype	indicate
mention	name	note	observe	play up
point to	praise	proclaim	promote	promulgate
propagandize	publicize	puff	push	publish
refer	remark	report	restate	reveal
sell	state	talk up	touch upon	tout
trumpet	vow

denounce • Meaning of these synonyms: To condemn openly, especially as evil / To make an accusation against • Example sentence: The corrupt politician was denounced by the press.	accuse	arraign	asperse	blame
brand	calumniate	censure	challenge	charge with
condemn	correct	criticize	defame	denunciate
deplore	fault	implicate	incriminate	inculpate
indict	libel	malign	pillory	shame
slander	tax	traduce	vilify

tell • Meaning of these synonyms: To communicate by speech or writing; express with words / To give a detailed account of something • Example sentence: Don't tell me not to burn the candle on both ends; tell me how to get more wax.	adduce	behest	characterize	cite
chronicle	coax	command	communicate	convince
dictate	delineate	divulge	enumerate	impart
mandate	narrate	quote	recapitulate	recite
relate	report	review	spin	stipulate

repeat • Meaning of these synonyms: To state, tell or say again • Example sentence: Despite repeated delays, Windows 7 finally made it to the consumers PCs.	echo	iterate	rehash	reiterate
restate	retell

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talkative • Meaning of these synonyms: Excessively communicative / Having a disposition to talk • Example sentence: Rather quiet at first, she grew very talkative over her second glass of sherry.	articulate	babbling	boisterous	chatty
deafening	earsplitting	eloquent	gabby	garrulous
glib	gossipy	high-pitched	intense	long-winded
loquacious	loud	noisy	obstreperous	pandemoniac
pealing	prolix	pronounced	rambunctious	raucous
resonant	resounding	roaring	roisterous	sonorous
stentorian	strident	talky	thundering	uproarious
vehement	verbal	verbose "a natural reserve accentuated by the verbose frankness of her husband" (W. Somerset Maugham)	vocal	vocalized
voluble	wordy

quiet • Meaning of these synonyms: Without or with little sound / Making no noise • Example sentence: "Warner was quiet drudge at home, but at a party he could be absolutely scintillating, tossing of witty remarks and charming everyone in the room" (Adam Robinson)	buttoned up	clammed up	close-mouthed	dumb
hushed	inarticulate	inaudible "The inaudible and noiseless foot of time" (Shakespeare)	incommunicative	ineffable
inexpressible	inexpressive	low-pitched	muffled	mum
mute	noiseless	quiescent	reserved	restrained
reticent	secretive	shushed	silent	silentious
soundless	speechless	still	taciturn	tight-lipped
tongue-tied	tranquil	uncommunicative	unspeakable	whist

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assume • Meaning of these synonyms: To draw an inference on the basis of insufficient information / To lead to by logical reference: • Example sentence: Don't tell me not to burn the candle on both ends; tell me how to get more wax.	conjecture	fancy	guess	hint at
hypothesize	imagine	imply	indicate	infer
ponder	posit	postulate	predict	premise
presume	presuppose	reckon	suppose	speculate
surmise	suspect	test	theorize	think
wonder

discuss • Synonym Meaning: To speak with others about; talk over. • Example sentence: So this hadn't to be discussed ad nauseam.	analyze	annotate	chat	chatter
check	chime in	chin	chitchat	comment on
communicate	conclude	confabulate	confer	consult
converse	continue	debate	deliberate	discourse
evaluate	inquire of	meet	negotiate	palaver
parley	pass judgment on	powwow	ramble on	reason
review	schmooze	speak	talk	talk over
thrash out	thrash out • Example sentence: Don't thrash out serious problems with your boss just before lunch.	turn to	wrangle

approve • Synonym Meaning: To speak with others about; talk over. • Example sentence: So this hadn't to be discussed ad nauseam.	accede	accept	accord	acknowledge
add	admit	affirm	agree	allow
avow	assure	concede	concur	confess
confirm	consent	grant	permit	praise
promise	recommend	sanction	welcome	yield

deny • Synonym Meaning: To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow / To declare untrue; contradict • Example sentence: Although the investigation uncovered ample evidence, the plaintiff does deny any wrongdoing.	ban	contradict	contravene	decline
dispute	enjoin	forbid	gainsay	impugn
interdict	negate	negative	prohibit	proscribe
rebuff	refuse	refute	reject	repudiate
spurn	traverse

argue • Synonym Meaning: To put forth reasons for or against / To quarrel vehemently • Example sentence: Instead, one might argue, there a couple of points which should be considered, befroe a conlusion can be reached.	accuse	balk at	be at odds with	bicker
caterwaul	chide	complain	conflict	correct
counter	dare	debate	deviate	differ
disagree	disapprove	dispute	dissent	fight
fling back	frown on	gossip	hassle	hurl back
interject	nag	object	oppose	protest
quarrel	quibble	retaliate	revolt at	shudder at
squabble	tease	urge	vilify	wrangle

lie • Synonym Meaning: A false declaration deliberately presented as being true / An information meant to deceive or give a wrong impression • Example sentence: Although Mary had lied, the teacher believed it was an isolated incident.	bamboozle	beguile	betray	counterfeit
deceive	delude	disguise	distort	dupe
fabricate	falsify	feign	fib	forge
forswear	make believe	mislead	misrepresent	perjure
pretend	prevaricate	rig	sham	simulate

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call • Meaning of these synonyms: To describe with a word or term / To give a name or title to • Example sentence: When you walk into a room where a lot of people speak quietly, you call it murmur.	baptize	brand	christen	denominate
denote	designate	dub	entitle	label
name	nickname	peg	stamp	tag
term	title	trademark

Communication: synonyms for describe, explain, idea, ...

describe	characterize	couch	express	formulate
lay out	narrate	phrase	recite	record
recount	relate	report	represent	term
word

explain	account for	brief	clarify	construe
define	demonstrate	elaborate	elucidate	explicate
expound	get across	illuminate	illustrate	interpret
justify	make clear	portray	spell out

show	disclose	display	divulge	emerge
exhibit	expose	flaunt	indicate	manifest
materialize	note	parade	point to / out	present
prove	reveal	stage	unfold	unveil

inform	acquaint	advise	apprise	assure
caution	clue in	counsel	edify	familiarize
forewarn	fill in	guide	impose	instruct
lecture	notify	post	ordain	reassure
tip off	warn	wise up

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idea	aim	ambition	apperception	arrangement
aspiration	belief	blueprint	clue	composition
concept	contrivance	course of action	design	device
diagram	expedient	figure	format	glimmer
goal	grand design	hunch	intent	image
inkling	insight	intention	interpretation	intimation
intuition	maneuver	master plan	mental picture	method
motif	notion	objective	opinion	pattern
perception	picture	plan	plot	premonition
procedure	proposal	project	purpose	resolution
road-map	scheme	strategy	suspicion	system
tactics	target	thought	understanding	view
way

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agreement	accord	affinity	alikeness	analogy
concord	congruity	correspondence	harmony	homogeneity
likeness	parallelism	resemblance	similarity	uniformity

difference	at odds	conflict	contention	contradiction
contrast	deviation	difference	disagreement	discord
discrepancy	disparity	dissension	dissidence	dissimilarity
distinction	divergence	division	feud	friction
gap	hornet's nest	incompatibility	inconsistency	strife
unlikeness	variance	variation

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