Replied
Acknowledged, agreed, answered, argued, accounted, barked, bit, comeback, corresponded, counted, boomeranged, conferred, claimed, denied, defended, echoed, feedback, field the question, get back to, growled, matched, parried, retorted, reacted
Asked
Appealed, begged, beckoned, beseeched, bit, craved, commanded, claimed, coaxed, challenged, charged, charmed, cross examined, demanded, drilled, enchanted, grilled, implored, imposed, interrogated, invited, invited, inquired, insisted, needled, ordered, pleaded, petitioned, picked, probed, pried, pressed, pumped, pressed, put through the wringer, put the screws down, questioned, queried, quizzed, requested, required, requisitioned, roasted, solicited, summoned, surveyed, sweated, urged, ultimatum, wanted, worried, wondered
Whispered
Breathed, buzzed, disclosed, exhaled, expressed, fluttered, gasped, hint, hiss, hum, hushed tone, intoned, low voice, moaned, mouthed, mumble, murmur, mutter, puff, purred, ruffled, secret, sigh, sob, undertone, utter, voiced, wheezed
Begged
Appealed, bargained, craved, cried, cried for, desired, demanded, mooched, nagged, petitioned, pleaded, urged, romanced, scrounged, threw a tantrum, wept
Said
***There is a long list of alternative words for said, but I'll pick the best of the best.
Please be careful when using one of the following, and never replace the usual "said" tag with anything else. Instead opt for something more creative. Example:
Jay announced his feelings for Sarah in front of the entire class.
Not
"I love you, Sarah," Jay announced.***
Accused, acknowledged, added, announced, addressed, admitted, advised, affirmed, agreed, asked, asserted, answered, apologised, argued, assured, approved, alleged, attested, barked, bet, bellowed, begged, bragged, began, bleated, blurted, boomed, broke in, bugged, boasted, beamed, confided, cried, complimented, chattered, cheered, claimed, choked, corrected, claimed, criticized, construed, dared, decided, disagreed, described, disclosed, educated, exclaimed, explained, expressed, gulped, gasped, grumbled, groaned, guessed, giggled, growled, gunned, hinted, hissed, hypothesized, inquired, implied, insisted, illustrated, jeered, jested, joked, justified, lied, laughed, maintained, muttered, marveled, moaned, mimicked, mumbled, murdered, mused, mentioned, mouthed, nagged, noted, nodded, noticed, objected, offered, owned up, piped, pointed out, ponded, praised, prayed, puzzled, plead, pleaded, put in, persisted, protested, questioned, quoted, queried, rejected, reasoned, ranted, reassured, reminded, responded, recalled, returned, requested, roared, related, remarked, regarded, recited, resolved, reflected, reaffirmed, snickered, sniffed, snapped, snarled, shot, sniffed snorted, spoke, swore, stressed, spilled, told, tested, taunted, teased, tempted, theorized, tore, urged, upheld, vocalized, voiced, bowled, vented, verbalized, warned, went on, wept, whimpered, whined, wondered, whispered, yakked
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Nod my Head - A Writing Guide for Wattpad Writers
Non-FictionDo you find yourself writing he nodded, she shook her head, he shrugged, over and over again? It gets tedious, and doesn't help at all when it comes to pin pointing your character's actual emotions. So I've made a book using notes I've been collecti...
