Synonyms for quotation
All synonyms
Noun
1. Price — A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous…
quote, citation, reference, excerpt, cite, acknowledgement UK, acknowledgment US, mention, credit, extract
Definitions
- n. 1
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
"Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- quotations → quotes, citations, references, excerpts…
Example sentences
- reference Sami put Layla's name as a reference in his resume.
- quote Tom wrote an inspirational quote on the chalkboard.
- citation Academic writing should contain citation.
- excerpt The students have to analyze an excerpt from the book.
By length
- 4 letters
- cite1
- 5 letters
- quote1
- 6 letters
- credit2
- 7 letters
- mention2, extract2, excerpt2
- 8 letters
- citation3
- 9 letters
- reference3
- 14 letters
- acknowledgment4
- 15 letters
- acknowledgement4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (credit2 = 2 syllables).