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| Main Entry: | adage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying or proverb |
| Synonyms: | aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, dictum, maxim, motto, precept, saw |
| Main Entry: | aphorism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying expressing a belief, often true |
| Synonyms: | adage, apothegm, axiom, dictum, maxim, moral, precept, proverb, rule, saying, truism, saw |
| Main Entry: | axiom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principle |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apothegm, device, dictum, fundamental, law, maxim, moral, postulate, precept, proposition, proverb, saying, theorem, truism, truth |
| Antonyms: | absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness, nonsense, paradox |
| Main Entry: | banality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common saying |
| Synonyms: | adage, buzzword, cliché, dullsville*, plate*, platitude, trivia, truism, boiler*, chestnut*, corn*, familiar tune, high camp, hokum, old chestnut, old saw, prosaicism, prosaism, saw, trite phrase, triviality |
| Antonyms: | coinage, nuance, original saying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | byword |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, axiom, catchphrase, catchword, dictum, epithet, gnome, handle, maxim, motto, nickname, precept, proverb, shibboleth, slogan, apophthegm, gnomic saying, saw, standing joke |
| Main Entry: | cliché |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overused, hackneyed phrase |
| Synonyms: | adage, banality, bromide, buzzword, commonplace, motto, platitude, proverb, rubber stamp*, saying, shibboleth, slogan, stereotype, truism, boiler plate, chestnut*, corn*, counterword, familiar tune, old story, potboiler, prosaism, stale saying, threadbare phrase, trite remark, triteness, triviality, vapid expression |
| Antonyms: | coinage, nuance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | myths, traditional wisdom |
| Synonyms: | adage, belief, custom, doctrine, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fable, folklore, information, knowledge, learning, legend, mythology, saga, saying, scholarship, science, superstition, tale, teaching, tradition, letters, mythos, saw |
| Main Entry: | maxim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, axiom, belief, byword, canon, commonplace, device, dictum, epithet, formula, law, moral, motto, platitude, precept, prescript, proverb, rule, tenet, theorem, truism, apophthegm, brocard, saw |
| Main Entry: | moral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lesson, proverb |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, axiom, dictum, epigram, gnome, maxim, meaning, message, motto, point, precept, rule, saying, sermon, significance, truism, apophthegm, moralism, saw |
| Notes: | moral (noun) means the lesson or principle of a story or event - (adjective) relating to lessons or principles of right and wrong; morale is a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose or the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed |
| Main Entry: | motto |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying, slogan |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apothegm, battle cry, byword, catchphrase, cry, epigram, formula, maxim, precept, proverb, rule, sentiment, shibboleth, war cry, watchword, word, rallying cry, saw |
| Main Entry: | proverb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying referring to common fact, knowledge |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, axiom, byword, catch phrase, dictum, epigram, gnome, maxim, moral, motto, platitude, precept, repartee, text, truism, witticism, word, apophthegm, daffodil, folk wisdom, saw |
| Main Entry: | saying |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maxim, proverb |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, axiom, byword, dictum, epigram, motto, precept, statement, truism, apophthegm, saw |
| Main Entry: | wise saying |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | words of wisdom |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, gnome, maxim, moral, precept, proverb, saying, witticism, apophthegm, saw |
| Main Entry: | dictum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying; proverb |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, gnome, maxim, moral, motto, precept, rule, truism, brocard, saw |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement |
| Synonyms: | account, adage, advice, announcement, bulletin, byword, comment, communication, declaration, directive, discourse, dispatch, expression, gossip, hearsay, information, intelligence, intimation, introduction, message, news, notice, pronouncement, proverb, remark, report, rumble, rumor, saying, scuttlebutt, speech, talk, tidings, utterance, communiqué, saw |
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