| Main Entry: | phrase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of words; way of speaking |
Synonyms: |
byword, catchphrase, catchword, diction, expression, idiom, locution, maxim, motto, parlance, phraseology, phrasing, remark, saying, shibboleth, slogan, styling, tag, terminology, utterance, verbalism, verbiage, watchword, wordage, wording |
| Main Entry: | phrase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express in words carefully |
Synonyms: |
couch, formulate, frame, present, put, put into words, say, term, utter, voice, word |
| Concept: | Phrase. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; language generally |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph; figure of speech; idiom, idiotism; turn of expression; style; collocation., paraphrase (synonym); periphrase (circumlocution) motto (proverb) [more]., phraseology.
-verbs
express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression to; voice, arrange in word, clothe in words, put into words, express by words; couch in terms; find words to express; speak by the card; call, denominate, designate, dub.
-adjectives
expressed; idiomatic.
-adverbs
in round, in set, in good, set terms; in set phrases.
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| Main Entry: | couch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express in particular way |
Synonyms: |
formulate, frame, phrase, put, set forth, utter, word |
| Main Entry: | diction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style of speech; articulation |
Synonyms: |
command of language, delivery, elocution, eloquence, enunciation, expression, fluency, gift of gab, inflection, intonation, language, line, lingo, locution, oratory, parlance, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronunciation, rhetoric, usage, verbalism, verbiage, vocabulary, wordage, wording |
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | articulate; signify, mean |
Synonyms: |
add up to, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, make known, manifest, phrase, pop off, proclaim, pronounce, put, put across, put into words, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word |
| Main Entry: | expression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbalization |
Synonyms: |
announcement, argument, articulation, assertion, asseveration, choice of words, commentary, communication, declaration, definition, delivery, diction, elucidation, emphasis, enunciation, execution, explanation, exposition, formulation, idiom, interpretation, intonation, issue, language, locution, mention, narration, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronouncement, remark, rendition, set phrase, speaking, speech, statement, style, term, turn of phrase, utterance, vent, voice, voicing, word, writ |
| Main Entry: | formulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, specify systematically |
Synonyms: |
codify, coin, compose, concoct, contrive, cook up, couch, define, detail, develop, devise, draft, draw up, dream up, evolve, express, forge, frame, give form to, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up*, map, originate, particularize, phrase, prepare, put, set down, systematize, vamp, work, work out |
| Main Entry: | idiom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of speaking, turn of phrase |
Synonyms: |
argot, colloquialism, dialect, expression, idiosyncrasy, jargon, language, lingo, localism, locution, parlance, patois, phrase, provincialism, set phrase, street talk, style, talk, tongue, usage, vernacular, vernacularism, word |
Antonyms: |
standard |
| Main Entry: | parlance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idiom |
Synonyms: |
argot, colloquialism, dialect, diction, expression, idiosyncrasy, jargon, language, lingo, localism, locution, patois, phrase, provincialism, set phrase, speech, street talk, talk, tongue, vernacular |