Synonyms for aphorism
Definitions
- n. 1
A concise or pithy, and memorable, expression of a general truth; a maxim, a saying.
Related words
- Word family
- aphoristic
Forms
- Plural
- aphorisms → maxims, adages, dictums, proverbs…
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An aphorism partakes of the character of a definition; it is a summary statement of what the author sees and believes to be true. The aphorism is philosophical, the apothegm practical.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- maxim He worked in his favorite maxim.
- proverb I want to know the meaning of this Berber proverb.
- adage There must always be two parties to a quarrel, says the old adage.
- dictum As Yoda's old dictum goes, "Do or do not. There is no try."
By length
- 3 letters
- saw1
- 4 letters
- rule1
- 5 letters
- maxim2, gnome1, adage2, axiom3
- 6 letters
- saying2, dictum2, truism3, byword2
- 7 letters
- proverb2, precept2
- 8 letters
- apothegm
- 10 letters
- apophthegm
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (maxim2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- aphorisme
- Italiano
- aforisma
- Español
- aforismo
- Deutsch
- Aphorismus