A list of words that can be used in character dialogue in place of the word said.
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Abjure, disavow, forswear
Accentuate, assert, clarify, dramatize, emphasize, headline, highlight, impress, mark, pronounce, punctuated, reiterate, stress
Accept, acknowledge, accede, accord, accredit, acknowledge, advocate, affirm, agree, approve, appoint, assent, authorize, back, bless, certify, coincide, commission, concede, concur, consent, concur, confirm, consent, comply, encourage, empower, enable, endorse, entrust, favor, guarantee, okay, permit, recognize, sanction, sign
Acclaim, acknowledge, adore, adulate, applaud, boost, celebrate, cheer, clap, commend, compliment, congratulate, elevate, endorse, exalt, exhort, extol, favor, flatter, felicitate, honor, hurrah, laud, praise, promote, rave, recommend, rejoice, revere, root, salute, sound, support, thank
Accorded, afforded, allowed, granted, offered, suggested, volunteered
Account, answer, counter, respond, retaliate, retort, riposte
Accredit, ascribe, attribute, cite, detail, mention, paraphrase, quote, refer, reference
Accuse, blame, brand, charge, chastise, chide, condemn, criticize, denounce, finger, implicate, incriminate, indict, inculpate, judge, name, prosecute, reprimand, scrutinize, slander, snitch, squeal, tattle, vituperate
Acknowledge, accept, affirm, agree, approve, commend, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, declare, nod, profess, recognize, respond, reveal, support
Address, approach, bespeak, comment, commentate, commune, converse, discourse, discuss, elaborated, explain, lecture, narrate, sermonize, speak, tale, talk
Adjure, authorize, command, decree, demand, dictate, direct, insist, instruct, mandate, obligate, order,
Admired, amazed, goggled, marveled
Admit, confess
Admonish, advise, advocate, apprise, brief, caution, counsel, direct, dissuade, enlighten, encourage, exhort, familiarize, forewarn, guide, inform, instruct, notify, prescribe, prompt, recommend, show, steer, suggest, urge, warn
Adumbrate, augur, bode, foreshadow, foretell, indicate, intimate, obscure, suggest
Advertise, aggrandize, bluster, brag, boast, claim, endorse, exult, flaunt, gloat, pitch, present, promote, publicize, push, sponsor, vaunt
Affirm, assert, allege, attest, aver, avouch, avowed, claimed, contend, declare, defend, emphasize, guarantee, insist, justify, maintain, persist, predicate, proclaim, profess, stress, swear, testify, vindicate, vouch, warrant
Affront, badmouth, berate, chide, criticize, dispraise, disrespect, gibe, goad, insult, jeer, laugh, mock, offend, provoke, rag, reject, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scold, slander, slight, sneer, taunt, tease. vex, zing
Aggrandize, bluff, boast, brag, deceive, embellish, equivocate, eschew, exaggerate, fabricate, fib, fudge, heighten, hype, insinuate, lie, misguide, misinform, mislead, overstate, prevaricate
Agonize, anguish, brood, deliberate, dwell, fret, grieve, lament, mope, sulk, worry
Allege, allude, assert, claim, contend, declare, hint, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, maintain, mention, refer, reference, suggest
Amend, correct
Announce, articulated, communicate, comment, declare, disclose, divulge, enunciate, exclaim, explain, expose, express, interject, issued, proclaim, pronounce, publicize, released, remark, revealed, reported, said, speak, state, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice
Annoy, antagonize, bug, harass, harp, pester
Answer, counter, reply, respond, retort
Apologize
Appeal, apply, ask, bid, beg, beseech, entreat, grovel, implore, importune, inquire, petition, plead, probe, propose, proposition, question, query, request, solicit, urge
Approximated, assumed, considered, contemplated, deliberated, guessed, hypothesized, induced, postulated, speculated, theorized
Argue, bicker, bluster, calk, challenge, contend, contest, criticize, debate, disagree, dispute, disapprove, expostulate, hassle, heckle, induce, quibble, question, object, protest, quarrel, raved, squabble, storm
Ask, consult, question, queried
Affirm, assure, attest, avouch, avow, corroborate, ensure, guarantee, insure, promise, reassure, swear, support, vouch, vow
Appraise, Asses, commented, critique, criticize, evaluate
Attacked, berated, blasted, condemned, criticize, denounce, fume, protest, rail
Babble, blabber, blather, blubber, cheep, clatter, gab, grunt, jabber, lisp, mumble, murmur, mutter, prattle, peep, pipe, ramble, slur, sound, splutter, sputter, stammer, stutter, stumble, tweet, twitter, utter, whisper, whisper, yak, yammer, yap
Badger, provoke, rattle, shake
Banter, clown, fool, gibe, jest, joke, josh, kid, quip, rag, razz, rib, spoof, wisecrack
Bargain, barter, broker, haggle
Bark, bay, blare, bellow, boom, clamor, fume, gnarl, growl, holler, hoot, howl, outburst, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, snap, snarl, vociferate, yell, yelp, yip.
Bawl, bellow, blare, bleat, blubber, clamor, cry, howl, lament, moan, rasp, shrill, shriek, sob, squawk, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yowl
Beam, delight, grin, laugh, smile
Beckon, call, invite, summon
Begun, commenced, evoked, initiated, started
Beseech, beg, entreat, implore, invoke, petition, plead, requisition, solicit, supplicate
Bet, challenge, dare, provoke, taunt
Bitch, complain, criticize, deplore, disagree, disapprove, fuss, gripe, groan, grouch, grumble, moan, nag, protest, whine
Blackmail, bully, coerce, demand, educe, elicit, extort, fleece, force, gouge, intimidate, shakedown, squeeze, pressure, threaten
Blurt
Breath, gasp, huff, pant
Cackle, chortle, chuckle, crow, giggle, hoot, laugh, snicker
Cajoled, coax, convince, encourage, entice, flatter, influence, inspire, persuade, seduce, sweet-talk, tantalize, tempt
Catcall, flirt, play, taunt, tease, toy, whistle
Chant, croon, serenade, sing, yodel
Characterize, convey, describe, define, detail, distinguish, explain, illuminate, impart, label, narrate, particularize, portray, recite, recount, relate, report, state, told
Chat, chatter, gab, gossip, natter, prattle, say, spoke, talk, vocalize, yak, yap
Berate, chide, criticize, rap, rebuke, reprimand, scold
Chirp, peep, squeal, squeak
Choked, cough, gag, gasp
Concluded, conjectured, contemplated, decided, deduced, deducted, determined, established, guesstimated, hypothesized, postulated, rationalized, reasoned, resolved, settled, speculated, surmised, theorized, ventured
Confirm, corroborate, prove, show, testify, witness
Comfort, console, inspirit, reassure
Contemplate, deliberate, meditate, muse, mull, ponder, reflect, speculate, thought
Conjecture, deliberate, ponder, question, wonder
Curse, cuss, damn, execrate, flame, swear
Boo, damn, hiss, jeer, seethed, shrilled, spat
Declaimed, denounced, disclaimed
Denoted, discern, noted, observed, perceived
Drawled, droned
Contradict, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disregard, reject, repudiate
Detail, elaborate, explain, particularize, specif
Echo, mimic
Elicit, evoke, invoke
Empathized, related, sympathized
Enlisted, offered, proffered, volunteered
Flinched, quavered, quivered, shivered, shuddered, trembled
Greet, introduce, welcome
Guarantee, pledge, promise
Holler, howl, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squeal, yelp, yip, yowl
Hum, moan, purr
Hush, shush
Interject, Interpose, Interrupt, Intrude,
Lip, mouth, retort, sass
Rage, rant, rave, storm
Recall, remember, reminisce, repeat, reiterate, restate
Sigh, Yawn
Sniffed, sniffled, snorted, snuffled
Accentuate, assert, clarify, dramatize, emphasize, headline, highlight, impress, mark, pronounce, punctuated, reiterate, stress
Accept, acknowledge, accede, accord, accredit, acknowledge, advocate, affirm, agree, approve, appoint, assent, authorize, back, bless, certify, coincide, commission, concede, concur, consent, concur, confirm, consent, comply, encourage, empower, enable, endorse, entrust, favor, guarantee, okay, permit, recognize, sanction, sign
Acclaim, acknowledge, adore, adulate, applaud, boost, celebrate, cheer, clap, commend, compliment, congratulate, elevate, endorse, exalt, exhort, extol, favor, flatter, felicitate, honor, hurrah, laud, praise, promote, rave, recommend, rejoice, revere, root, salute, sound, support, thank
Accorded, afforded, allowed, granted, offered, suggested, volunteered
Account, answer, counter, respond, retaliate, retort, riposte
Accredit, ascribe, attribute, cite, detail, mention, paraphrase, quote, refer, reference
Accuse, blame, brand, charge, chastise, chide, condemn, criticize, denounce, finger, implicate, incriminate, indict, inculpate, judge, name, prosecute, reprimand, scrutinize, slander, snitch, squeal, tattle, vituperate
Acknowledge, accept, affirm, agree, approve, commend, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, declare, nod, profess, recognize, respond, reveal, support
Address, approach, bespeak, comment, commentate, commune, converse, discourse, discuss, elaborated, explain, lecture, narrate, sermonize, speak, tale, talk
Adjure, authorize, command, decree, demand, dictate, direct, insist, instruct, mandate, obligate, order,
Admired, amazed, goggled, marveled
Admit, confess
Admonish, advise, advocate, apprise, brief, caution, counsel, direct, dissuade, enlighten, encourage, exhort, familiarize, forewarn, guide, inform, instruct, notify, prescribe, prompt, recommend, show, steer, suggest, urge, warn
Adumbrate, augur, bode, foreshadow, foretell, indicate, intimate, obscure, suggest
Advertise, aggrandize, bluster, brag, boast, claim, endorse, exult, flaunt, gloat, pitch, present, promote, publicize, push, sponsor, vaunt
Affirm, assert, allege, attest, aver, avouch, avowed, claimed, contend, declare, defend, emphasize, guarantee, insist, justify, maintain, persist, predicate, proclaim, profess, stress, swear, testify, vindicate, vouch, warrant
Affront, badmouth, berate, chide, criticize, dispraise, disrespect, gibe, goad, insult, jeer, laugh, mock, offend, provoke, rag, reject, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scold, slander, slight, sneer, taunt, tease. vex, zing
Aggrandize, bluff, boast, brag, deceive, embellish, equivocate, eschew, exaggerate, fabricate, fib, fudge, heighten, hype, insinuate, lie, misguide, misinform, mislead, overstate, prevaricate
Agonize, anguish, brood, deliberate, dwell, fret, grieve, lament, mope, sulk, worry
Allege, allude, assert, claim, contend, declare, hint, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, maintain, mention, refer, reference, suggest
Amend, correct
Announce, articulated, communicate, comment, declare, disclose, divulge, enunciate, exclaim, explain, expose, express, interject, issued, proclaim, pronounce, publicize, released, remark, revealed, reported, said, speak, state, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice
Annoy, antagonize, bug, harass, harp, pester
Answer, counter, reply, respond, retort
Apologize
Appeal, apply, ask, bid, beg, beseech, entreat, grovel, implore, importune, inquire, petition, plead, probe, propose, proposition, question, query, request, solicit, urge
Approximated, assumed, considered, contemplated, deliberated, guessed, hypothesized, induced, postulated, speculated, theorized
Argue, bicker, bluster, calk, challenge, contend, contest, criticize, debate, disagree, dispute, disapprove, expostulate, hassle, heckle, induce, quibble, question, object, protest, quarrel, raved, squabble, storm
Ask, consult, question, queried
Affirm, assure, attest, avouch, avow, corroborate, ensure, guarantee, insure, promise, reassure, swear, support, vouch, vow
Appraise, Asses, commented, critique, criticize, evaluate
Attacked, berated, blasted, condemned, criticize, denounce, fume, protest, rail
Babble, blabber, blather, blubber, cheep, clatter, gab, grunt, jabber, lisp, mumble, murmur, mutter, prattle, peep, pipe, ramble, slur, sound, splutter, sputter, stammer, stutter, stumble, tweet, twitter, utter, whisper, whisper, yak, yammer, yap
Badger, provoke, rattle, shake
Banter, clown, fool, gibe, jest, joke, josh, kid, quip, rag, razz, rib, spoof, wisecrack
Bargain, barter, broker, haggle
Bark, bay, blare, bellow, boom, clamor, fume, gnarl, growl, holler, hoot, howl, outburst, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, snap, snarl, vociferate, yell, yelp, yip.
Bawl, bellow, blare, bleat, blubber, clamor, cry, howl, lament, moan, rasp, shrill, shriek, sob, squawk, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yowl
Beam, delight, grin, laugh, smile
Beckon, call, invite, summon
Begun, commenced, evoked, initiated, started
Beseech, beg, entreat, implore, invoke, petition, plead, requisition, solicit, supplicate
Bet, challenge, dare, provoke, taunt
Bitch, complain, criticize, deplore, disagree, disapprove, fuss, gripe, groan, grouch, grumble, moan, nag, protest, whine
Blackmail, bully, coerce, demand, educe, elicit, extort, fleece, force, gouge, intimidate, shakedown, squeeze, pressure, threaten
Blurt
Breath, gasp, huff, pant
Cackle, chortle, chuckle, crow, giggle, hoot, laugh, snicker
Cajoled, coax, convince, encourage, entice, flatter, influence, inspire, persuade, seduce, sweet-talk, tantalize, tempt
Catcall, flirt, play, taunt, tease, toy, whistle
Chant, croon, serenade, sing, yodel
Characterize, convey, describe, define, detail, distinguish, explain, illuminate, impart, label, narrate, particularize, portray, recite, recount, relate, report, state, told
Chat, chatter, gab, gossip, natter, prattle, say, spoke, talk, vocalize, yak, yap
Berate, chide, criticize, rap, rebuke, reprimand, scold
Chirp, peep, squeal, squeak
Choked, cough, gag, gasp
Concluded, conjectured, contemplated, decided, deduced, deducted, determined, established, guesstimated, hypothesized, postulated, rationalized, reasoned, resolved, settled, speculated, surmised, theorized, ventured
Confirm, corroborate, prove, show, testify, witness
Comfort, console, inspirit, reassure
Contemplate, deliberate, meditate, muse, mull, ponder, reflect, speculate, thought
Conjecture, deliberate, ponder, question, wonder
Curse, cuss, damn, execrate, flame, swear
Boo, damn, hiss, jeer, seethed, shrilled, spat
Declaimed, denounced, disclaimed
Denoted, discern, noted, observed, perceived
Drawled, droned
Contradict, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disregard, reject, repudiate
Detail, elaborate, explain, particularize, specif
Echo, mimic
Elicit, evoke, invoke
Empathized, related, sympathized
Enlisted, offered, proffered, volunteered
Flinched, quavered, quivered, shivered, shuddered, trembled
Greet, introduce, welcome
Guarantee, pledge, promise
Holler, howl, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squeal, yelp, yip, yowl
Hum, moan, purr
Hush, shush
Interject, Interpose, Interrupt, Intrude,
Lip, mouth, retort, sass
Rage, rant, rave, storm
Recall, remember, reminisce, repeat, reiterate, restate
Sigh, Yawn
Sniffed, sniffled, snorted, snuffled