Synonyms for saw
Another word for saw is proverb, adage or byword. Below are 5 synonyms and 30 related words across 4 senses.
Also searched as: sawed, sawer, sawing, saws.
1. noun: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- proverb
- adage
- byword
2. noun: hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
3. noun: a power tool for cutting wood
- power saw
- sawing machine
4. verb: cut with a saw
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- saying
- expression synonyms
- locution
- two-man saw
- hand saw
- metal saw
- hand tool
- crown saw
- two-handed saw
- hack saw
- folding saw
- hacksaw
- handsaw
- whipsaw
- bucksaw
- band saw
- chain saw
- power tool
- buzz saw
- circular saw
- scroll saw
- chainsaw
- saber saw
- jigsaw synonyms
- sawmill
- reciprocating saw
- bandsaw
- gangsaw
- fretsaw
- cut synonyms
Saw in word games
- Letters
- 3
- Scrabble
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 6
- How common
- Everyday word
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Questions people ask
What is another word for saw?
You can say proverb, adage, byword, power saw or sawing machine instead of saw. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people".
What is the opposite of saw?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for saw; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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