Synonyms for parenthesis
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Aside
2. Round bracket — either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical…
round bracket UK, parenthesis-point dated
3. Apposition — such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to…
Other
paren informal, parentheme
Definitions
- n. 1
Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
- n. 2
Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.
- n. 3
A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
Related words
- Word family
- parenthesis-point parenthetic parenthetical parentheme
- Phrases
- pregnant parenthesis
Forms
- Plural
- parentheses → asides, digressions, excursuses, divagations…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| parenthesis | falling | |
| excursus | rising | |
| divagation | steady | |
| apposition | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- aside2, paren
- 8 letters
- excursus
- 10 letters
- digression3, apposition, divagation, parathesis, parentheme
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (aside2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- parenthèse
- Italiano
- parentesi