Definition for Watchword:

• a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; " he forgot the password"

Synonyms for Watchword:

• n.

  •
  • anagram,
  • clue,
  • borrowing,
  • catch-all,
  • chant,
  • anglicism,
  • acrostic,
  • archaism,
  • americanism,
  • Arabism.
  •battle cry (noun)
  • war whoop,
  • call arms,
  • rebel yell.
  •catchword (noun)
  • by words,
  • by word.
  •code word (noun)
  • code names,
  • secret writings,
  • code books,
  • secret messages,
  • secret languages,
  • code-word.
  •cue (noun)
  • signal,
  • sign.
  •parole (noun)
  • parole.
  •password (noun)
  • key word.
  •phrase (noun)
  • wordage,
  • Re-mark,
  • idioms,
  • Verbalism,
  • phrasing.
  •rallying cry (noun)
  • battle cry.
  •shibboleth (noun)
  • party cry.
  •watchword (noun)
  • word.

• v.

  •countersign (verb)
  • counter-signed,
  • counter-signs,
  • signatured,
  • counter signs,
  • watchworded,
  • signaturing,
  • watchwording,
  • counter-sign,
  • counter sign,
  • counter signing,
  • counter-signing,
  • counter signed,
  • passworded,
  • passwording.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • arcanum,
  • catchword,
  • maxim,
  • motto,
  • open sesame,
  • opener,
  • password,
  • paternoster,
  • phrase,
  • secret,
  • secret writing,
  • shibboleth,
  • slogan,
  • positive identification,
  • slogans,
  • keyword,
  • paternosters,
  • openers,
  • keywords,
  • code name,
  • code word,
  • by-word,
  • by-words,
  • secret message,
  • household word,
  • code book,
  • secret language,
  • magic formula,
  • secret sign.
  •Other relevant words:
  • countersign.

Paraphrases for Watchword:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    motto, word.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mis, password.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    slogan, catchword, buzzword, catchphrase, credo, tagline, keyword, banner, mantra, leitmotif, maxim, phrase, theme, cry.

Watchword Sentence Examples:

• Morality was too much their watchword, Sin the too frequent burden of their eloquence.

• And that he may be known, continued the Englishman's strange protector, to the eye and to the ear, I place around him the white sash, and I give him the sacred watchword, 'Peace to the Brave.

Homophones for Watchword:

• watch guard.