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Synonyms for motto

Most common

slogan proverb adage watchword

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A personal slogan.

    You have to be in it to win it — that's my motto.

Forms

Plural
mottos → slogans, adages, watchwords, proverbs…

Example sentences

  • slogan "India for the Hindus" is a Hindu nationalist slogan.
  • 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.
  • watchword Tom gave the watchword and was allowed in.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mottorising
slogansteady
proverbrising
adagerising
watchwordsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
posy
5 letters
maxim2, adage2
6 letters
saying2, device2, legend2, slogan2, byword2
7 letters
proverb2
9 letters
watchword2, catchword2
10 letters
shibboleth3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (maxim2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
devise
Italiano
motto
Deutsch
Motto
Català
lema