Synonyms for euphemism
ˈyu fəˌmɪz əmeu·phemism

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. euphemismnoun

   Antonyms:
   expletive, dysphemism

2. euphemismnoun

   Antonyms:
   expletive, dysphemism

3. euphemismnoun

   Antonyms:
   dysphemism, expletive

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:5.0 / 1 vote

1. euphemismnoun

   an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh

   Antonyms:
   dysphemism

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1. • Expression

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. euphemismnoun

   Synonyms:
   softened expression (to avoid offending by harshness or by indelicacy)

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1. List of paraphrases for "euphemism":

   understatement

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1. Keir Giles:

   ' Deportation' is a euphemism. It's been used as a fairly innocuous term for what happened to these people, which was effectively enslavement and starvation. is shipping off the women, the children, the people that you want to remove from societies in order to neutralize them, they are generally met with pretty horrific fates. If they survived at all, they did not return for years or decades.

2. Matthew Vadum:

   There are hundreds of sanctuary jurisdictions across the country. Some left-wingers use the dreadful euphemism "civil liberties safe zones" to describe them. The phrase blurs the distinction between citizens and non-citizens by implying illegal aliens somehow possess a civil right to be present in the U.S.

3. John McCain:

   Unfortunately, it appears ‘deconfliction’ is merely an Orwellian euphemism for this administration’s acceptance of Russia’s expanded role in Syria, and as a consequence, for Assad’s continued brutalization of the Syrian people.

4. Ronan Farrow:

   They had a euphemism at this company called enhanced severance.

5. Joe Biden:

   Now, that was a euphemism, i thought I was really, really in trouble. My father never once raised his hand to any one of his children — never once — and I thought I was in trouble. He pulled me aside and said, 'Joey, you shouldn't do that, but I'm proud of you, son.'.