1. (noun)proverb, adage, saw, byword a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people Synonyms: adage, saw, power saw, byword, sawing machine, proverb
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'proverb'
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1. proverb The proverb or adage gives homely truth in condensed, practical form, the adage often pictorial. "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick" is a proverb; "The cat loves fish, but dares not wet her Synonyms: proverb, adage, axiom, maxim, saw, aphorism, byword, motto, saying, apothegm, dictum, precept, truism
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