Synonyms for phrase
Most common
idiom figure of speech locution sentence expression passage mantra phraseology
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Idiom
2. Locution — A mode or form of speech; diction; expression
Other
expression, term, sentence, phraseology, mantra, passage, diction, style, couch
Definitions
- n. 1
A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
- n. 2
A short written or spoken expression.
I've made progress, but this is still, in Churchill's phrase, just "the end of the beginning."
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Forms
- Plural
- phrases → idioms, locutions, expressions, terms…
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Phrase and phraseology apply to words or combinations of words which are somewhat technical; as, in legal phraseology; in military phrase.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- idiom That idiom is as phony as a coin with my face on it.
- locution A utters locution B, meaning illocution C, and resulting in perlocution D.
- sentence This sentence states exactly how the writer feels.
- expression I inferred from her expression that she was angry.
- passage I copied a passage from the book into my notebook.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| phrase | steady | |
| idiom | steady | |
| locution | rising | |
| sentence | steady | |
| expression | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- term1
- 5 letters
- style1, couch1, idiom3
- 6 letters
- mantra2
- 7 letters
- passage2, diction2
- 8 letters
- sentence2, locution
- 10 letters
- expression3
- 11 letters
- phraseology5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idiom3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- expression
- Italiano
- espressione
- Español
- expresión
- Català
- expressió