Definition for Adage:

• An old saying; maxim.

Synonyms for Adage:

• n.

  •
  • citation,
  • cheer,
  • binomial,
  • cite.
  •
  • words.
  •adage (noun)
  • paroemia,
  • precept.
  •aphorism (noun)
  • study atsaying.
  •axiom (noun)
  • pro-position,
  • pro positions,
  • pro position,
  • pro-positions.
  •banality (noun)
  • prosaicisms,
  • high camps,
  • prosaisms,
  • old saws,
  • trite phrases,
  • dullsvilles,
  • familiar tunes,
  • hokums,
  • old chestnuts.
  •byword (noun)
  • gnomic sayings,
  • by words,
  • by word,
  • standing jokes.
  •cliche (noun)
  • tritenesses,
  • counter-word,
  • boiler plates,
  • counter word,
  • threadbare phrases,
  • counterwords,
  • old stories,
  • stale sayings,
  • vapid expressions,
  • counter-words,
  • counter words,
  • trite remarks.
  •communication (noun)
  • adage.
  •dictum (noun)
  • brocards.
  •phrase (noun)
  • phrase,
  • Verbalism,
  • terminology,
  • phraseology,
  • paragraph,
  • catchphrase,
  • sentence,
  • mannerism,
  • euphemism,
  • epigram,
  • idiom,
  • figure of speech,
  • metaphor,
  • clause.
  •proverb (noun)
  • pro-verbs,
  • folk wisdoms,
  • pro-verb,
  • pro verbs,
  • pro verb.
  •saying or proverb (noun)
  • apothegm.
  •self-evident truth (noun)
  • truism.
  •wise saying (noun)
  • wise-saying.
  •word (noun)
  • Re-mark,
  • word,
  • communique,
  • communiques.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tautology,
  • oxymoron,
  • battle cry,
  • mondegreen.
  •
  • simile,
  • refrain.
  •bon mot
  • mot.

Paraphrases for Adage:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    proverb.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    phrase, expression.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    saying.

Adage Sentence Examples:

• The old adage about three not being company went near to be verified in this particular case.

• And this local adage was literally true.

Homophones for Adage:

• attache, adequacy, adagio, autoecious, autoicous, atsugewi, athetosis, ataxic, aethusa, adze, aids, at issue, adduce, at odds, ataxy, aides, at ease, attica, attack, atoxic, attach, aotus, at sea, atticus, adige, adz, Attache Case, athos, aedes, autocue, attic, (adj), audacious, addax, ataxia, adios, ad hoc.

Hyponym for Adage:

• n.

  • communication
    locution, expression, saying.