Synonyms for locution
- noun
Definitions
- n. 1
A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people.
The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions.
Related words
- Word family
- locutional locutionary locutive
Forms
- Plural
- locutions → phrases, expressions, idioms, languages…
Example sentences
- language Few people can speak a foreign language perfectly.
- speech I was able to grasp the main points of the speech.
- phrase You should put quotation marks around this phrase.
- idiom That idiom is as phony as a coin with my face on it.
By length
- 4 letters
- term1
- 5 letters
- idiom3
- 6 letters
- saying2, speech1, phrase1
- 8 letters
- language2
- 10 letters
- expression3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idiom3 = 3 syllables).