Synonyms of phrases

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noun

plural of phrase

as in idioms

a sequence of words having a specific meaning

kids drawing literal representations of the phrase "to rain cats and dogs"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idioms
• slogans
• expressions
• mottoes
• terms
• figures of speech
• epithets
• clichés
• colloquialisms
• locutions
• expletives
• names
• euphemisms
• neologisms
• shibboleths
• watchwords
• archaisms
• vulgarisms
• cries
• bywords
• modernisms
• provincialisms

phrases

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verb

present tense third-person singular of phrase

as in words

to convey in appropriate or telling terms

he had trouble thinking of how to phrase his question for the visiting dignitary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• words
• says
• expresses
• articulates
• states
• clothes
• puts
• formulates
• describes
• translates
• couches
• hints
• implies
• paraphrases
• crafts
• summarizes
• intimates
• suggests
• speaks
• frames
• tells
• restates
• utters
• discloses
• rephrases
• rewords
• insinuates
• verbalizes
• communicates
• vocalizes
• renders
• talks
• writes up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of phrases

Noun

There are some 500,000 words and phrases in the Oxford English Dictionary, which details the history of words, some of which go back to the 11th century. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Create a section in your brand style guide that provides examples of words and phrases to use or emphasize and ones to avoid. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

The screening of grants for phrases, and the broader imposition of political priorities on grant funding, has been unmooring for researchers. — Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026

Has the internet made keeping up with the ever-evolving glossary of new phrases feel borderline impossible? — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026

Before then, plants and animals had long descriptive phrases. — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

There are nine songs in total, and each toy has three of them, along with 40 lines of jokes and phrases per character. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

These are custom-made with a photo of your pet and various fonts, phrases, shapes and materials. — Yvonne Villasenor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Bernard, the fabricator of phrases, is the book’s second devotee of metaphor, therefore also the first to beguile the others with the potential and pitfalls of figural language. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Verb

Those fake apps were designed to steal 12- and 24-word cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Like many workplace phrases, its meaning depends on context, relationship and power. — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Because Survivor 42 followed the same format with all the exact same twists from Survivor 41—Prisoner's Dilemma, goofy phrases, Hourglass twist, Shot in the Dark, Do or Die—along with many of the same challenges, the entire season often felt like a rerun. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026

To this day, people come up to him and quote phrases his character used to utter. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025

In essence, the Iowa and West Virginia sports cases ask the court to rule whether a transgender girl – a person assigned male at birth who has transitioned to align with their identity as a girl or woman, as the AP Stylebook phrases it – is a girl or a boy. — Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025