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

The lyrics coalesced slowly, with McCartney filling the incomplete sections with nonsense phrases. — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

So the first big step toward executive presence is stripping away the extra words and phrases that get in the way. — John Bowe, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Colonial Americans had varying accents and used unfamiliar phrases and strange spellings. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

In the years since his death, demos and early drafts sung in concert have shown how deliberately Elliott pared his lyrics back and tinkered with phrases, sometimes changing lines even after an album was finished. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

To learn more about specific phrases, check out the full walkie-talkie buying guide from BestReviews. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Click the phrases to swap each one for text written by a person. — Kevin Schaul, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2026

Users are warned not to scan unsolicited QR codes, send crypto, or share recovery phrases. — Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

There are other phrases in this announcement that are equally difficult to wrap one’s head around. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2026

Verb

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