Synonyms of saw

saw 1 of 2

noun

as in saying

an often stated observation regarding something from common experience

it's an old saw that a red sunset presages fair skies the next day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saying
• proverb
• word
• motto
• maxim
• adage
• epigram
• aphorism
• byword
• expression
• remark
• apothegm
• truth
• cliche
• commonplace
• sententia
• comment
• cliché
• reflection
• bromide
• wheeze
• formula
• platitude
• axiom
• precept
• truism
• felicity
• note

saw

2 of 2

verb

past tense of see

1

as in noticed

to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes

out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noticed
• spotted
• eyed
• regarded
• remarked
• noted
• viewed
• watched
• observed
• witnessed
• spied
• beheld
• looked (at)
• caught
• sighted
• perceived
• discerned
• espied
• descried
• distinguished
• identified
• considered
• got a load of
• set eyes on
• laid eyes on
• marked
• scanned
• surveyed
• studied
• glimpsed
• examined
• picked out
• heeded
• inspected
• attended (to)
• made out
• scrutinized
• glanced (at)
• picked up
• minded
• peered (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• neglected
• disregarded
• missed
• passed over
• overlooked
• overpassed

2

as in experienced

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• experienced
• had
• underwent
• knew
• witnessed
• felt
• endured
• suffered
• encountered
• sustained
• tasted
• received
• passed
• went through
• met
• accepted
• digested
• assimilated

3

as in realized

to come to an awareness of

I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about

Synonyms & Similar Words

• realized
• discovered
• heard
• learned
• found
• ascertained
• found out
• got on (to)
• caught on (to)
• spotted
• detected
• encountered
• got wind of
• noted
• espied
• perceived
• wised (up)
• tumbled (to)
• figured out
• hit (on or upon)
• discerned
• observed
• descried
• puzzled (out)
• calculated
• divined
• doped (out)
• minded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• overlooked
• ignored
• disregarded
• forgot
• covered
• hid
• concealed
• screened
• masked
• veiled
• blanketed
• cloaked
• shrouded
• blotted out
• unlearned
• curtained
• enshrouded
• occulted

4

as in sensed

to have a vague awareness of

I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sensed
• felt
• noticed
• heard
• perceived
• smelled
• tasted
• realized
• smelt
• expected
• noted
• discovered
• anticipated
• remarked
• witnessed
• spied
• looked (at)
• viewed
• beheld
• learned
• scented
• sighted
• observed
• foresaw
• discerned
• suspected
• ascertained
• espied
• guessed
• eyed
• assumed
• surmised
• regarded
• speculated
• found out
• descried
• distinguished
• presumed
• supposed
• caught on (to)
• conjectured
• divined
• foreknew

5

as in visited

to make a social call upon

you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• visited
• called (on or upon)
• dropped in (on)
• looked up
• sought (out)
• dropped by

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• snubbed
• brushed (aside or off)
• cold-shouldered

6

as in knew

to have a clear idea of

I see your point

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knew
• understood
• recognized
• deciphered
• comprehended
• grasped
• realized
• appreciated
• got
• sensed
• discerned
• beheld
• perceived
• made
• conceived
• apprehended
• seized
• dug
• caught
• registered
• made out
• twigged
• caught on (to)
• picked up on
• assimilated
• decoded
• intuited
• tumbled (to)
• grokked
• compassed
• cognized
• savvied
• cottoned (to or on to)
• absorbed
• digested
• fathomed
• took in
• penetrated
• pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• misunderstood
• misread
• mistook
• misinterpreted
• misconstrued
• misconceived
• misapprehended
• misperceived

7

as in accompanied

to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship

thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accompanied
• escorted
• attended
• brought
• walked
• convoyed
• squired
• chaperoned
• companioned
• guided
• companied
• followed
• protected
• defended
• ushered
• led
• steered
• guarded
• associated
• teamed (up)
• tagged
• hung (around)
• tailed
• piloted
• conducted
• shadowed
• consorted
• hovered (over)
• palled (around)
• tagged along

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandoned
• dumped
• deserted
• forsook
• ditched

8

as in envisioned

to form a mental picture of

I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• envisioned
• imagined
• dreamt
• dreamed
• pictured
• featured
• visualized
• envisaged
• fancied
• conceived
• visioned
• fantasized
• contemplated
• planned
• fantasied
• conceited
• reflected
• imaged
• recreated
• daydreamed
• pondered
• conjured (up)
• mused
• ideated
• hallucinated
• foresaw
• relived
• reminisced
• projected
• invented
• ruminated
• stargazed
• concocted
• meditated
• prefigured
• manufactured
• re-created
• made up
• fabricated

Examples of saw in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

In 2012, a significant refit saw boat’s 280-foot length extended by 20 feet. —Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 25 July 2024

What’s available: Everything from caulking guns and heat guns to thermal cameras, extension cords, drills, chain saws, sledge hammers, ladders, baking pans and more. —Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024

Verb

According to police, the gun was illegally sawed off and not registered with the NYPD. —Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024

Mississippi Fred McDowell sawed down the neck of a Gordon’s gin bottle for his slide. —Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 29 June 2024