I wrote this guide for everyone who is sick and tired of seeing "said" everywhere! I know I am. So, I'm posting my list of other ways to dictate dialouge. These words, I think, really give some personality in the dialouge instead of being monotone.
acknowledged
acquiesced
added
addressed
admitted
admonished
advised
advocated
affirmed
agreed
alleged
allowed
announced
answered
approved
argued
assented
asserted
assumed
assured
asked
attested
avowed
babbled
bantered
bargained
began
boasted
called
claimed
commented
complained
confided
contradicted
cried
debated
decided
demurred
denied
denounced
described
dictated
directed
disclosed
disrupted
divulged
drawled
droned
elaborated
emphasized
enjoined
entreated
enunciated
estimated
exclaimed
explained
exposed
expressed
faltered
feared
foretold
fumed
giggled
grinned
grunted
held
implied
indicated
inferred
instructed
itemized
laughed
lectured
lied
maintained
mentioned
mimicked
moaned
mumbled
murmured
mused
muttered
nagged
narrated
noted
nagged
narrated
noted
notified
objected
observed
opined
orated
ordered
petitioned
pleaded
pled
pointed out
prayer
predicted
proclaimed
professed
prompted
propounded
publicized
quibbled
ranted
reassured
reciprocated
refuted
related
remonstrated
repeated
replied
responded
restated
resumed
retorted
returned
reveal
roared
ruled
sanctioned
scoffed
scolded
screamed
shouted
shrieked
snapped
sneered
sobbed
solicited
specified
spoke
sputtered
stammered
stated
stipulated
stormed
stressed
suggested
taunted
thought
threatened
told
twitted
urged
uttered
vowed
wailed
warned
There's the list, it's long, I know. But, it's nice to use words other than "SAID"!