prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
declaration; proclamation; announcement
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
single word; a few words; brief comment
assertion; declaration; affirmation
testimony; (verbal) evidence
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
abusive language; violent language; wild words
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
commitment; pledge; promise
spell; curse; incantation
groundless rumor (rumour)
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
saying something many times
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
elegant words; refined diction
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
commitment; pledge; promise
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
wise saying; famous saying; witty remark
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
declaration; statement; assertion
remark; statement; discourse
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
boasting; bragging; talking big
speech and behaviour (behavior)
proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)
abusive language; foul language
false charge; slander; defamation
being frank; going so far as to say
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
to equivocate; to beat around the bush
talkativeness; verbosity; garrulity
tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)
needless to say; it goes without saying that
(a few) words; phrase; expression
summary; contraction; verbal agreement
foreword; preface; introduction
uninflectable nominal (in Japanese)
foreword; preface; prefatory note
admonitory speech; words of admonition
eat one's words; break one's promises
independent inflectable word (in Japanese)
crazy talk; nonsense; jest
a great many words; huge number of words
pleonasm; redundancy; tautology; kanji compound in which the same character is repeated
responsibility for one's words
every single word and phrase; each and every word
earnest persuasion; urging strongly; saying harshly; arguing fiercely; cutting remark
advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
cutting remark; biting (scathing, bitter) criticism; harsh words
summary; summarization; general remarks; abstract; epitome
common saying; slang; argot
pithy or short and witty remark; wisecrack
words; speech; expression
discourse; expression of thoughts, ideas, etc.
spoken and written language
prefatory words; epigraph
flowery yet empty words; pretentious talk; insubstantial statements; Chinese (language)
heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade
rude word; inappropriate word; coarse language
flirtation; seductive talk; erotic talk