What are some opposite words for phrase?
Antonyms for phrase
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This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term phrase.
Wiktionary
phrasenoun
To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
Synonyms:
figure of speech, locutionphrasenoun
To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.
Synonyms:
figure of speech, locutionphraseverb
To divide into melodic phrases.
Synonyms:
locution, figure of speech
English Synonyms and Antonyms
phrase
An author's diction is strictly his choice and use of words, with no special reference to thought; expression regards the words simply as the vehicle of the thought. Phrase and phraseology apply to words or combinations of words which are somewhat technical; as, in legal phraseology; in military phrase. Diction is general; wording is limited; we speak of the diction of an author or of a work, the wording of a proposition, of a resolution, etc. Verbiage never bears this sense (see CIRCUMLOCUTION.) The language of a writer or speaker may be the national speech he employs; as, the English or French language; or the word may denote his use of that language; as, the author's language is well (or ill) chosen. Style includes diction, expression, rhetorical figures such as metaphor and simile, the effect of an author's prevailing tone of thought, of his personal traits — in short, all that makes up the clothing of thought in words; thus, we speak of a figurative style, a frigid or an argumentative style, etc., or of the style of Macaulay, Prescott, or others. An author's vocabulary is the range of words which he brings into his use. Compare LANGUAGE.
Synonyms:
diction, expression, language, phraseology, style, verbiage, vocabulary, wording
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Princeton's WordNet
phrasenoun
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
Synonyms:
musical phrase, idiom, set phrase, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiomphrase, musical phrasenoun
a short musical passage
Synonyms:
musical phrase, idiom, set phrase, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiomidiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrasenoun
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
Synonyms:
artistic style, dialect, musical phrase, set phrase, accent, idiom, parlance, phrasal idiom, idiomatic expressionphraseverb
dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
Synonyms:
musical phrase, idiom, set phrase, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiomgive voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulateverb
put into words or an expression
"He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
Synonyms:
sound out, devise, enounce, explicate, say, develop, excogitate, enunciate, articulate, joint, pronounce, vocalise, invent, contrive, vocalize, word, forge, formulate, give voicephraseverb
divide, combine, or mark into phrases
"phrase a musical passage"
Synonyms:
give voice, formulate, word, articulate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
phrasenoun
Synonyms:
idiom, diction, phraseology
How to use phrase in a sentence?
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
Both John F. Kennedy and Nelson Mandela use the same three-word phrase which in my mind says it all, which is, 'Freedom is Indivisible,' you can't slice it up, otherwise it ceases to be freedom. You can dislike Charlie Hedbo. ... But the fact that you dislike them has nothing to do with their right to speak.
This is beyond Supreme Court. This is everything to do with our country. When you are guilty until proven innocent, it's just not supposed to be that way, always I've heard you're innocent until proven guilty. I've heard this so long. It's such a beautiful phrase. In this case, you're guilty until proven innocent. I think that is a very dangerous standard for our country.
I can't help but use the phrase overused for forestry ... they've paved paradise.
I’ve learned how to phrase things in a way that people can actually hear what I’m saying, if you use certain words, it can be the most wonderful thing, they won’t hear it.
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