Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

naysay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: naysay
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of nay-say.

American usage

verb

Alternative form of nay-say (“to say no to; deny, disagree, or oppose”)

American usage

Example Sentences

"And her bare feet fell to telling her clad sides of the sweet coolness of the water, and waited for no naysay, ..."
"I shall nowise naysay thee this, for I love thee, and now and ever shalt thou be unto me as a brother, ..."
"He advises that board members must have solid knowledge of business in general and be independent enough to naysay the owner at times."
"This amount of bureaucratic surveillance and cross-referencing is very resonant of East Germany (whatever the paranoia accusing naysayers naysay) ..."

Etymology

From nay + say.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

naysays (plural) naysays (present, singular) naysaying (participle, present) naysaid (participle, past) naysaid (past)

Derived Forms

naysayer

Synonyms

gainsay

Antonyms

yeasay

Questions

What does naysay mean?: Alternative form of nay-say.
Where does naysay come from?: From nay + say.

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