Defenition of the word saying

• Defenition of the word saying

  • A widely known, fixed sentence, that expresses a maxim or a wisdom in a short and concise way.
  • a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"
  • a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

Synonyms for the word saying

• • adage
  • aphorism
  • axiom
  • expression
  • locution
  • maxim
  • motto
  • proverb
  • saw

Similar words in the saying

• • saying
  • saying's
  • sayings

Hyponyms for the word saying

• • adage
  • advice and consent
  • agrapha
  • ambiguity
  • anatomical
  • anatomical reference
  • axiom
  • Beatitude
  • byword
  • calque
  • calque formation
  • catchword
  • dysphemism
  • epigram
  • euphemism
  • idiom
  • idiomatic expression
  • loan translation
  • logion
  • maxim
  • motto
  • phrasal idiom
  • phrase
  • proverb
  • quip
  • saw
  • set phrase
  • shibboleth
  • shucks
  • slogan
  • southernism
  • sumpsimus
  • tongue twister

Hypernyms for the word saying

• • language
  • oral communication
  • speech
  • speech communication
  • spoken communication
  • spoken language
  • voice communication

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  • The origin of the word says
  • Synonym for the word abstracter
  • Antonyms for the word abstracting
  • Homonyms for the word abstractions
  • Hyponyms for the word abstractest
  • Holonyms for the word abstractly
  • Hypernyms for the word abstractnesses
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word abstracts
  • Translation of the word in other languages bald-faced