Synonyms for phraseology
- noun
Definitions
- n. 1
Study of set or fixed expressions.
Forms
- Plural
- phraseologies → verbiages, dictions, phrases, phrasings…
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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
- phrase You should put quotation marks around this phrase.
- phrasing I'll try using the phrasing Tom suggested.
- diction The philosopher is known for his gnomic diction.
- verbiage Words should be meaningful, not just verbiage.
By length
- 5 letters
- words1, style1
- 6 letters
- phrase1, jargon2
- 7 letters
- wording2, dialect3, diction2, wordage
- 8 letters
- language2, phrasing2, verbiage3
- 11 letters
- terminology5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jargon2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- phraséologie
- Italiano
- fraseologia