Here are dialogue words you can use instead of ‘said’, categorized by the kind of emotion or scenario they convey. 100 WAYS TO SAY “SAID”. 1. acknowledged. 2. added. 3. admitted. 4. advised. 5. affirmed. 6. agreed. 7. announced. 8. answered. How to use “said” correctly in a story, what to use instead of it, and other ways to convey how a word or line of dialogue was said
