Saying

Noun

 * 1) A proverb or maxim; something often said.

Synonyms

 * maxim, proverb, saw
 * See also Thesaurus:saying

Adjectives for Saying
humorous; skin-deep; magnanimous; faithful; blunt; apt; prudent; sententious; bold; quaint; pregnant; mirthful; well-known; pithy; indiscreet; needle-pointed; witty; dim; deft; true; wise.

Verbs for Saying
accept—; advance—; amend—; attribute— to; compose—; contradict—; heed—; quote —; recall—; refer to—; —amplifies; — angers; —attests; —emphasizes; —epitomizes; —summarizes; —voices.

Thesaurus
Parthian shot, adage, address, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, ana, analects, announcement, annunciation, answer, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, axiom, byword, catchword, collected sayings, comment, conclusion, crack, creed, current saying, declaration, dictate, dictum, distich, enunciation, epigram, exclamation, expression, gnome, golden saying, greeting, interjection, ipse dixit, manifesto, maxim, mention, moral, mot, motto, note, observation, oracle, phrase, pithy saying, position, position paper, positive declaration, precept, predicate, predication, prescript, proclamation, profession, pronouncement, proposition, protest, protestation, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, question, reflection, remark, saw, say, say-so, sentence, sententious expression, sloka, stance, stand, statement, stock saying, subjoinder, sutra, teaching, text, thought, truism, utterance, verse, vouch, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom

Verb form
saying



Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: dita, proverbi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: rčení, přísloví
 * Dutch: ,
 * Filipino:
 * French:
 * German:, Ausspruch
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Indonesian: pepatah
 * Interlingua: dicto, proverbio


 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:, ,
 * Polish: powiedzenie
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: zicală, proverb
 * Russian: (poslóvica),  (pogovórka)
 * Serbian: poslovica, izreka
 * Slovak: rčenie, príslovie
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: misemo,
 * Swedish: ordspråk, ordstäv
 * Tagalog: kasabihan