Synonyms of locution

locution

noun

lō-ˈkyü-shən 

as in manner

a distinctive way of putting ideas into words

in the poet's somewhat affected locution, word order is often reversed and so we have "the sea serene"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manner
• mode
• style
• tone
• vein
• phraseology
• fashion
• idiom
• delivery
• address
• elocution
• expression
• connotation
• colloquialism
• denotation
• regionalism
• acceptation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of locution

Providence doesn’t give you a Latin teacher for a mother without consequence: Samy declaimed classical locutions with scandalous ease. —Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025

Confucius says—an old-fashioned locution, perhaps, but appropriate here—never to take interest in feats of strength. —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024

That archly strangled locution, the ceaseless scorn: the vendor’s voice nags at the former Dean Street boy. —Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023

That mysterious locution and the lack of additional details raised the possibility that something more than the sniffles might be ailing the Boss. —Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023

In diplomatic memorandums, officials avoided the term military base; the preferred locution was joint communications facility. —Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022

President Lyndon Baines Johnson was a retro Texan by birth and locution. —Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019

Consider common appeals to allyship and altruism; such locutions convey a sort of optional quality, a moralistic tone, and unreliable trendiness. —Astra Taylor, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2019