Wikisaurus:saying
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
[edit] Sense: a proverb or maxim; something often said
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Hyponyms
[edit] Various
- axiom
- banality
- bon mot
- bumper sticker
- buzzword
- catchphrase
- cliché
- collocation
- dogma
- epithet
- expression
- figure of speech [WS]
- formula
- guideline
- idiom
- jingle
- motto
- moral
- mot
- old chestnut
- parable
- phrase [WS]
- pleasantry
- precept
- principle
- quip
- quotation
- quote
- refrain
- remark
- rule
- rule of thumb
- sentence
- sermon
- set phrase
- shibboleth
- slogan
- tenet
- theorem
- truism
- truth [WS]
- watchword
- witticism
[edit] Adjective
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification
- Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
- Division I. Formation of Ideas
- Section V. Results Of Reasoning
- 496. “maxim” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- Section V. Results Of Reasoning
- Division I. Formation of Ideas
- Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
- “saying” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
