There are so many words for “said” 😀
I was amazed  😀

some of them I didn’t know. 😦

Acknowledged +
Added +
Admitted +
Advised +
Agreed +
Announced + 
Answered +
Approved +
Argued +
Assumed +
Assured +
Asked +
Babbled 
Bargained 
Began +
Boasted + 
Bragged 
Called +
Claimed + 
Commanded +
Commented +
Complained +
Cried +
Decided + 
Demanded + 
Denied +
Described +
Dictated +
Emphasized 
Estimated +
Exclaimed +
Explained +
Expressed +
Feared +
Giggled +
Grinned 
Grunted 
Indicated +
Insisted +
Instructed +
Laughed +
Lectured +
Lied +
Mentioned +
Moaned +
Mumbled 
Murmured 
Nagged 
Noted +
Notified +
Objected +
Observed +
Reassured +
Related +
Repeated +
Replied +
Responded +
Requested +
Restated 
Revealed 
Roared +
Ruled +
Scolded 
Screamed +
Shouted +
Shrieked 
Snapped 
Sneered 
Sobbed 
Spoke +
Sputtered 
Stammered 
Stated 
Stormed 
Suggested +
Taunted 
Thought +
Told +
Urged +
Uttered +
Vowed +
Wailed 
Warned +
Whispered +

I should read more books.
in English and in Russian.
mm, well yes, in Georgian too.

p.s. the quantity of words reminded me of the quantity of bicycles.
Keti Melua (we both have one and the same name Ketevan, but I am mostly Kate and she’s Katie) … a Georgian girl living and singing in English-word-country – England.