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| 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 |
| Notes: | a motto is a short phrase that usually expresses a moral aim or purpose; a slogan is a catch phrase used by a political party or other organization in advertising or promotion |
| Main Entry: | adage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying or proverb |
| Synonyms: | aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, dictum, maxim, motto, precept, saw |
| Main Entry: | badge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emblem worn |
| Synonyms: | brand, device, identification, insignia, mark, marker, medallion, motto, pin, ribbon, scepter, shield, sign, stamp, symbol, token, cordon |
| 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: | commonplace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clichéd saying or idea |
| Synonyms: | banality, bromide*, cliché, inanity, motto, platitude, prose, rubber stamp*, shibboleth, stereotype, tag, chestnut*, corn*, prosaicism, prosaism, shallowness, triteness, triviality truism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emblem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crest |
| Synonyms: | arms, attribute, badge, banner, brand, character, coat of arms, colors, design, device, figure, flag, hallmark, identification, image, impress, insignia, logo, mark, marker, medal, memento, miniature, monogram, motto, pennant, regalia, reminder, representation, scepter, seal, sign, standard, symbol, token, trademark, type, adumbration, colophon |
| Main Entry: | epigram |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witticism |
| Synonyms: | aphorism, joke, motto, quip, quirk, bon mot, pithy saying |
| 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 |
| 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, remark, saying, shibboleth, slogan, tag, terminology, utterance, verbiage, watchword, wording, phrasing, styling, verbalism, wordage |
| Main Entry: | platitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dull, overused saying |
| Synonyms: | banality, bromide*, buzzword, cliché, commonplace, evenness, inanity, monotony, motto, proverb, shibboleth, stereotype, tag*, truism, verbiage, boiler plate, chestnut*, corn*, familiar tune, flatness, hackneyed saying, high camp, hokum, insipidity, old chestnut, old story, potboiler, prosaicism, saw, trite remark, triteness, triviality, vapidity |
| Antonyms: | coinage, nuance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precept |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law, rule of behavior, action |
| Synonyms: | axiom, behest, bidding, byword, canon, command, commandment, decree, direction, doctrine, dogma, edict, formula, fundamental, guideline, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, maxim, motto, order, ordinance, prescript, principle, regulation, rule, saying, statute, tenet, decretum |
| 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: | tag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | label, ticket |
| Synonyms: | ID*, badge, button, card, check, chip, docket, emblem, flap, identification, inscription, insignia, logo, mark, marker, motto, note, pin, slip, stamp, stub, tab, tally, trademark, voucher, sticker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | battle cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rallying cry |
| Synonyms: | call to arms, catchword, motto, slogan, war cry, watchword, rebel yell, war whoop |
| Main Entry: | catch phrase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | popular saying |
| Synonyms: | buzzword, catchword, motto, shibboleth, slogan, tag, catchline, tag line |
| 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: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling out; yelling |
| Synonyms: | acclamation, bark, bawl, bay, bellow, cackle, call, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, crow, ejaculation, exclamation, expletive, fuss, gobble, groan, grunt, hiss, holler, hoot, howl, hullabaloo, hurrah, motto, note, outcry, pipe, quack, report, roar, ruckus, scream, screech, shout, shriek, song, squall, squawk, squeak, trill, uproar, wail, whine, whistle, whoop, yammer, yawp*, yell, yelp, caw, meow, mewling, moo, nicker, vociferation, whinny, yoo-hoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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