Thesaurus results for MONOSYLLABLE

monosyllable

noun

Definition of monosyllable

as in expression

a lexical item that has only one syllable He answered all their questions with monosyllables like "yes" and "no."

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Recent Examples of monosyllable Hearing this jab of monosyllables is like being poked in the eye. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023 But where the two Stegosaurus brothers speak in Jurassic monosyllables, Stegothesaurus has the gift of a bountiful vocabulary. — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 22 June 2018 Original writer Derek Kolstad and director Chad Stahelski have returned for the sequel, alongside the taciturn Reeves, who brews up more of his Wickian magic while speaking infrequently and mostly in monosyllables. — Katie Walsh, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2017

Recent Examples of Synonyms for monosyllable

Noun

The inaugural inductees are said to represent more than a century of Australian storytelling, creativity and cultural expression and are selected by an expert panel.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2026
The BellaBot Pro, a cat-like delivery robot, with an interactive screen that displays playful facial expressions, was also among the highlights.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of expression

Noun

But what struck me especially from your book is that de Gaulle was also just a very strange figure who would try to make these, in the Macron phrase, Jupiterian decisions.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
These kinds of phrases are grounding and can help contain some of that anxiety.

— Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of phrase

Noun

Without any apparent word from SED on its impact on public schools, the governor recently committed the state to Trump administration tax credits for families’ school expenses.

— David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
Or perhaps this cloud is a textual reduction of a larger discourse—words extracted from customer reviews?

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026