What is another word for idiom?
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɪdɪəm], [ ˈɪdɪəm], [ ˈɪ_d_ɪ__ə_m]
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Similar words for idiom:
- artistic style (noun)
- coinage (noun)
- communication (noun)
- dialect (noun)
- idiom (noun)
- jargon (noun)
- language (noun)
- manner of speaking, turn of phrase (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- phrase (noun)
- slogan (noun)
- speech (noun)
- verbalization (noun)
- vernacular (noun)
- word (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Idiom:
n.
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- art nouveau,
- agitprop,
- abstract expressionism,
- arts and crafts,
- baroque,
- brushwork,
- aquatint,
- camp,
- the avant-garde,
- art deco.
- in-sipidities,
- in-sipidity,
- doublespeaks,
- slanguages,
- non sense,
- stale languages,
- hackneyed terms,
- non-senses,
- in sipidity,
- commonplace terms,
- shoptalks,
- non-sense,
- non senses,
- street talks,
- trite languages,
- overused terms,
- newspeaks,
- in sipidities.
- phrasing,
- choice of words,
- formulation,
- mode,
- shoptalk,
- patois,
- vernacular,
- formulations,
- style,
- non-standard speech,
- commonplace term,
- argot,
- nonsense,
- fashion,
- jive talk,
- idioms,
- doublespeak,
- slogan,
- cant,
- choice word,
- Re-mark,
- way,
- set phrase,
- expression,
- hackneyed term,
- trite language,
- street talk,
- regionalism,
- newspeak,
- slogans,
- phrase,
- saying,
- accent,
- provincialism,
- locution,
- stale language,
- vocalization,
- lingo,
- fustians,
- slanguage,
- speech,
- turn of phrase,
- localism,
- lexicon,
- manner,
- speakings,
- jargon,
- overused term,
- dialect.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- vocabulary.
- musical phrase,
- diction,
- discourse,
- saw,
- isogloss,
- noun phrase,
- chestnut,
- adjectival phrase,
- parole,
- utterance,
- creole,
- mumbo jumbo,
- tension,
- platitude,
- accent mark,
- midland,
- Collocution,
- delivery,
- verbiage,
- turn of expression,
- commonplace,
- composition,
- speech pattern,
- address,
- manner of speaking,
- yankee,
- pidgin,
- Idiotism,
- idiolect,
- artistic characteristic,
- syntactic structure,
- verb phrase,
- emphasis,
- rhetoric,
- colloquial speech,
- pressure,
- linguistic island,
- cockney,
- linguistic community,
- conversation,
- way of speaking,
- stress,
- period,
- gobbledygook,
- catch phrase,
- Subdialect,
- accentuation,
- collocation,
- lingua,
- lecture,
- class dialect,
- gobbledegook,
- wordage,
- strain,
- speech community,
- burr,
- grammar,
- linguistic atlas,
- mode of expression,
- pronunciation,
- term,
- manner of speech,
- gibberish,
- wording,
- sermon,
- construction.
How to use "Idiom" in context?
The word "idiom" comes from the ancient Greek word "idios", meaning "own". An idiom is a phrase that has a special meaning not derived from its literal meaning. An example of an idiomatic expression is "a broken clock is only right twice a day". Idioms are often used in speech and writing to give a certain meaning that is not easily conveyed through literal interpretation. Some common idiomatic expressions include "behind the eight ball", "out of your league", and "a horse of a different color".
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Hyponym for Idiom:
n.
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communication
formulation, expression.
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communication
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- Synonyms:
- Improvisatory.
