phrase

n

1. word group, unit, construction, term; clause, sentence, verse; portion, part, passage, excerpt; noun phrase, verb phrase, adverbial phrase, adjectival phrase.

2. phraseology, way of speaking, phrasing, manner of expression, mode of speaking; style, mode, manner, strain, mannerism, peculiarity; language, locution, words, wordage, verbiage, usage, choice of words; vocabulary, parlance, idiom, dialect; diction, speech, Inf. talk; colloquialism, regionalism, argot, slang, patois, jargon.

3. expression, saying, proverb, maxim, aphorism, gnome; epithet, saw, mot, prosaism, witticism, axiom, words of wisdom, sentence, stock saying; platitude, trite expression, cliché), banality, Inf. bromide, Sl. chestnut; commonplace, triviality, hackneyed saying.

4. utterance, remark, saying; statement, comment, communication, pronouncement, declaration; mention, note, thought; Inf. two cents' worth, Sl. crack, Sl. shot; assertion, allegation, averment, asseveration, affirmation.

v

5. express, word, term, style, put, couch; frame, formulate, cast, put in words, clothe in words; pronounce, enunciate, accentuate.

6. remark, say, utter, mouth, voice, verbalize; relate, recite, tell, speak, make known, quote; deliver, present, impart, set out; mention, observe, note; convey, communicate, comment, parley, come out with; aver, asseverate, assert, state, declare, allege; pronounce, announce, sound, enounce.